Scotland’s new MPs to be sworn in at Westminster

Scotland’s 57 MPs are preparing to be sworn in at Westminster after a dramatic general election.

For some of the group, it will be a familiar experience but for a large number it will be their first taste of the Commons.

Parliament is resuming after a general election which saw Labour retake power for the first time in 14 years, with Sir Keir Starmer becoming prime minister.

Central to that victory was a remarkable night for the party in Scotland, as swathes of SNP seats turned red.

As a result the number of Labour MPs soared from two – Ian Murray and Michael Shanks – to 37.

The group met Sir Keir at Downing Street before being sworn in.

Mr Murray, who has been appointed secretary of state for Scotland, said protecting jobs at the Grangemouth refinery was top of his agenda, describing the site as “hugely important to our clean energy ambitions”.

One man who won’t need the help of the map distributed to new MPs is Douglas Alexander.

He took Lothian East to secure a return to parliament after losing his seat to the SNP’s Mhairi Black in 2015.

The former Scottish secretary, who was first elected to Westminster in 1997, was at the heart of the Blair and Brown governments.