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Declaration of Result - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Constituency By-election - 5 June 2025

Declaration of Result

I, Paul Manning, Constituency Returning Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary By-election in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Constituency hereby give Notice of the following:-

Electorate	61,485
Total votes cast (per verification sheet)	27,155
Percentage poll	42.2%

The total number of votes polled for each candidate at the by-election was as follows:-

Name of Candidate (Description)	Votes
Bradley, Collette - Scottish Socialist Party	278
Brady, Andy - Scottish Family Party	219
Lambie, Ross Alexander - Reform UK	7,088
Loudon, Katy - Scottish National Party (SNP)	7,957
MacKay, Janice Elizabeth - UK Independence Party (UKIP)	50
McGuinness, Ann - Scottish Green Party	695
Mir, Aisha Jawaid - Scottish Liberal Democrats	533
Nelson, Richard - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	1,621
Russell, Davy - Scottish Labour Party	8,559
Wilkinson, Marc - Independent	109
Ballot papers rejected	46
Total votes	27,155

And I declare that Davy Russell is elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament as the member for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Constituency.

Ballot papers rejected	Total
(1) Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark	0
(2) Voting for more than one candidate	7
(3) Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
(4) Unmarked or void for uncertainty	39
Total	46

Paul Manning

Constituency Returning Officer
Date: 6 June 2025

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