Michael Shanks won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election earlier this month and was today sworn in as MP.
Michael Shanks has been sworn into the House of Commons as Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
With Shanks now taking his seat as an MP Labour’s number of Scottish MPs has now doubled, with the only other, Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray joining the former Modern Studies teacher as he entered the Commons alongside Shadow Wales Secretary Jo Stevens.Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
Cheers rang around from his fellow MPs before he signed a document and spoke to Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle. The by-election was a massive victory for Shanks as he took nearly 60 per cent of the vote, but also Labour as they eye success in Scotland at the next General Election.
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