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  • 1 week ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    Candidates from SNP, Scottish Labour, Tories, and Reform are battling it out in the final week before the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. The vote will take place on Thursday, June 5 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. But who are the candidates and what do they stand for? Reform UK candidate Ross Lambie is fighting to win the first MSP seat in Scotland for his party. Lambie began his career as a Conservative, only defecting to Reform UK in March.

  • 1 week ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    The SNP candidate in the upcoming Hamilton, Larkhall, and Stonehouse by-election has said “it’s fair to say people are scunnered”. There’s just a week to go until voters head to the polls to select their new MSP next Thursday, June 5. With First Minister John Swinney calling the by-election a “straight contest” between SNP and Reform, Katy Loudon claimed that Labour are “pretty much invisible in terms of their candidate”.

  • 1 week ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    The Tory candidate in the upcoming Hamilton, Larkhall, and Stonehouse has said he’s “not worried at all about Reform”. With just a week to go, candidates from SNP, Scottish Labour, Tories, and Reform are battling it out for votes. The SNP and Reform have called the by-election a “straight contest” between them, but the Conservative’s Richard Nelson said he’s “not worried at all”. “I’m here to run my own campaign,” Nelson said.

  • 1 week ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    Reform UK’s candidate in the upcoming Hamilton, Larkhall, and Stonehouse by-election has said “it’s really just us versus the SNP”. With just a week to go, candidates from SNP, Scottish Labour, Tories, and Reform are battling it out for votes. First Minister John Swinney has also called the election a “straight contest” between the SNP and Reform.

  • 1 week ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    Former Tory leader Douglas Ross has accused Holyrood’s Presiding Officer of bias after he was expelled from the parliament chamber on Thursday. Ross could be heard shouting from his seat in the chamber after John Swinney raised the impact of Brexit on farmers during FMQs.Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone said Ross had “persistently refused to abide by standing orders”, and he was asked to leave immediately for the rest of the day.

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