Scottish Labour still to choose candidates in a third of Westminster seats

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Scottish Labour still to choose candidates in a third of Westminster seats
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The party has picked no candidates for the six Scottish seats won by the Conservatives in 2019.

Scottish Labour is still to choose candidates for a third of Westminster seats - including all those which the Tories won in 2019.

Labour has picked no candidates for the six seats won by the Conservatives at the last general election. East Kilbride and Strathaven and Strathaven is the only Scottish Tory seat where Labour has chosen a candidate. This constituency is held by Lisa Cameron, who defected to the Conservatives from the SNP last year.Most of Labour's chosen candidates are in the central belt, where it expects to pick up seats from the SNP.

This is despite the party only winning one seat in 2019. There are currently two Scottish Labour MPs after Michael Shanks won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election in October.

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