Tories, Labour and Greens share West Scotland seats

Police Scotland have faced a social media backlash after launching a hate crime probe into lamp post stickers from a women’s rights group. Officers in Kirkcaldy tweeted an appeal after receiving a report over the “controversial” signs in the Viewforth Avenue area of the town on May 17.

Scottish Labour leader, who has tested negative for the virus, will continue with his parliamentary work remotely as he is now unable to travel to Holyrood. The Scottish Parliament resumed for its new session last week following the election earlier this month.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Borgue has been denied a homegrown MSP by the narrowest of margins amid claims of “blatant electoral deceit”.Laura Moodie looked certain to be elected to Holyrood as lead Scottish Greens list candidate for the south of Scotland region.But another party with a similar name and logo – Independent Green Voice (IGV) – was also competing for votes.The Green Party polled 18,964 votes across the south, just

Perth and Kinross Council after a successful Scottish election. The party polled third on the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list vote in both Perth and Kinross constituencies last Thursday - ahead of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

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Starmer caused outrage by apparently sacking Rayner from her role as chair of the Labour party.

Murray said: “The First Minister promised that this election would be about covid recovery, and we will be holding her to that.

Neil Findlay said Sarwar’s campaign was simply a “rehash” of the 2016 election and urged Labour to recognise the right of the Scottish people to self-determination.Sarwar has been credited for the Holyrood election campaign he fought after taking over the leadership of Scottish Labour ten weeks ago.He rejected calls for indyref2 and made national recovery from covid his party’s top priority.However, although Labour held on to key constituencies yesterday, they could come third again for the

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Labour’s Jackie Baillie has retained the Dumbarton seat, INCREASING her share of the vote.The deputy leader of Scottish Labour, who has held the seat since the Scottish Parliament’s inception in 1999, defeated the SNP’s Toni Giugliano this evening.Baillie recorded 17,825 votes to the SNP’s 16,342.In her speech, Jackie said: "Can I thank the people of Dumbarton constituency."We had great conversations

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Nicola Sturgeon has promised she will work with Anas Sarwar’s Labour to help rebuild Scotland in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Scottish Labour leader is determined to build a credible alternative to Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP but acknowledged he had work to do.It's been less than three months since Sarwar replaced Richard Leonard and despite an energetic campaign his party has trailed the Scottish Conservatives in recent surveys of voting intentions.But he made a direct pitch to Daily Record readers before polling stations open across Scotland.

Dumbarton on the west coast on the last day of campaigning. While the SNP are certain to emerge again as the largest party in the Scottish Parliament when voting closes, Sturgeon is fighting hard in a bid to win an overall majority of MSPs - allowing her to make a further push to hold a second independence referendum.