Taking out the bins on polling day… dumped SNP MP Margaret Ferrier
- Shamed Nationalist wheels out the rubbish as voters head to polls in her former constituency
- Heavy rain hits turnout – but Labour are still confident of ‘seismic’ win
Washout conditions are believed to have hit turnout in a crucial by-election where a ‘confident’ Labour Party is hoping to defeat the SNP.
Activists from all parties braved the elements yesterday to try to get their voters to polling stations across the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
But there were widespread concerns about the effect of the weather on the by-election, which could be a barometer of support for the crisis-hit SNP and the strength of any Labour resurgence.
The contest was triggered after voters removed former Nationalist MP Margaret Ferrier in Scotland’s first recall petition.
Ferrier flouted Covid rules by travelling between London and Glasgow while knowingly infected with coronavirus, and she was subsequently convicted in court of ‘recklessly’ exposing people to harm.
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