Rutherglen by-election: Labour’s key to unlock Scotland?
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🗓️ 3 August 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Yet another by-election could provide a key opportunity for Anas Sarwar’s Scottish Labour to regain lost seats in Scotland.
The former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier has been recalled by her Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituents, triggering a by-election. Ben Walker and Freddie Hayward join Anoosh Chakelian on the New Statesman podcast to discuss what the latest polls reveal about voting intention in the seat – formerly a Labour stronghold – and whether this might be the beginning of a Labour resurgence in Scotland.
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| 1:17.8 | Hi, I'm Anouche. I'm Freddie. And I'm Ben. And this is the New Statesman's politics podcast. |
| 1:23.2 | In this episode, we'll be discussing the upcoming by-election in Margaret Ferrier's |
| 1:26.6 | Rutherglen and Hamilton West's seat. |
| 1:44.9 | I'm Anouche Shekely and Britain Editor of the New Statesman and host of this podcast. |
| 1:48.9 | Joining me in the studio, I have our political correspondent, Freddie Haywood, |
| 1:52.3 | and down the line, we have our senior data journalist and polling expert, Ben Walker. |
| 1:56.8 | Hi, both of you. Hello. Hello. |
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