'Absolutely gubbed': SNP wipeout in Scotland paves Keir's victory path to No 10

A MASSIVE swing from the Scottish National Party to Labour paved Sir Keir Starmer’s victory path to Downing Street.

- Ross Lydall

Labour, which went into the election with just two MPs in Scotland, had won 37 of the 54 seats declared by 9am, with three seats still to declare.

The SNP lost 38 seats, leaving it with nine MPs. Former SNP leader Alex Salmond said the nationalists had been “absolutely gubbed”, a Scottish term for heavily defeated.

Polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice said Labour’s “spectacular” rise in Scotland had delivered it victory nationwide, as its share of the vote had not changed by much in England.