Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his newest MP “blew the doors off” as Michael Shanks won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election with a swing of 20%.

It was triggered after former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was removed from her seat following a breach of COVID guidelines.

The win could have implications for the next general election. If the swing was repeated across Scotland it would see a rise in the number of Labour MPs from just two to over 40 and so a big boost to Sir Keir Starmer’s bid to enter Number 10.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies and Sky’s election analyst Michael Thrasher to dig into the result and look at how it may influence the political landscape in the run-up to a general election next year.

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