Scottish Labour celebrates 'incredible' byelection win and hits out at Reform

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Scottish Labour is celebrating an 'incredible' win in a pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating the incumbent SNP and fighting off Reform UK, whose campaign was called racist, in a result that confounded predictions and will boost the party ahead of next year’s Scottish parliamentary elections. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Voters in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse rallied round the popular local candidate Davy Russell after a toxic campaign during which Nigel Farage launched an unprecedented series of personal attacks on the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, that were called racist by the first minister and SNP leader, John Swinney Scottish Labour wins pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating incumbent SNP and surging Reform UK ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/06/scottish-labour-win-pivotal-holyrood-byelection-beating-incumbent-snp-and-surging-reform-uk The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3uhA7zg Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #labour #reform #scotland #uk #politics #scottishlabour #davyrussell #anassarwar #nigelfarage #reformuk