In April of that year, Motherwell-born physician Dr Robert McIntyre secured 11,417 votes to triumph over the Labour incumbent. The man who was often known as the ‘Father of the SNP’, or more ...

The SNP need 65 MSPs to form a majority government, ... when Robert McIntyre won the Motherwell by-election in April before losing the seat in the general election in July of the same year.

Robert McIntyre won the Motherwell and Wishaw by-election. Many years later, the realisation that a pro-independence, ... But for years the SNP struggled to make an impact, ...

The SNP, therefore, should look to the former to build support. This meant, ... long-serving Nationalists such as Winnie Ewing and former leaders Arthur Donaldson and Robert McIntyre, ...

The SNP need 65 MSPs to form a majority government, ... when Robert McIntyre won the Motherwell by-election in April before losing the seat in the general election in July of the same year.