- Labour needs to win Thursday’s vote in a Glasgow district
- The party is aiming to grab the seat from a troubled SNP
Keir Starmer during a campaign event in Hamilton, Scotland, on Sept. 29.
Photographer: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Labour leader Keir Starmer faces a critical test of his chances of becoming UK prime minister on Thursday, when a vote in Scotland will give an indication of his party’s ability to win key districts.
The by-election in the Glasgow suburb of Rutherglen and Hamilton West will see Labour attempt to replace the Scottish National Party in a seat that’s swung between the two parties at every election since 2015. The outcome will demonstrate whether Labour is on track to replace Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives as the UK’s governing party at the next general election, widely expected in about a year’s time.
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