Congratulations to the Scottish Conservative & Unionist team in Hamilton North & East who increased the Conservative share of vote in the by-election.
The by-election saw the share of vote increase by 8.4% - the strongest of any party.
The election result was as follows:
SNP 1,089 (42.9 per cent, +2.4 on 2012), Labour 855 (33.6 per cent, -9.4), Conservatives 469 (18.5, +8.4), Green Party 83 (3.3 per cent, +0.1), Lib Dems 45 (1.8 per cent, +1.8)