All eyes will be on the SNP and Scottish Labour – with both parties treating the by-election as an important battleground ahead of the next UK general election.
Voters are going to the polls today to replace shamed MP Margaret Ferrier. Ms Ferrier was ousted from her Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat in August following a successful recall petition for breaching COVID restrictions during lockdown in 2020. Fourteen candidates are on the ballot for the hotly contested seat. Ms Ferrier, who won the seat for the SNP in 2019, was forced to sit as an independent after losing the party whip when her COVID breach came to light.
Who is standing? • Gloria Adebo • Bill Bonnar • Garry Cooke• Andrew Daly • Cameron Eadie • Prince Ankit Love, Emperor of India• Niall Fraser • Ewan Hoyle • Thomas Kerr • Katy Loudon • Christopher Sermanni • Michael Shanks • David Stark • Colette Walker Why is the by-election taking place? Margaret Ferrier lost her seat at Westminster for breaching COVID rules.
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