THE SNP has retained the Westminster seat of Airdrie and Shotts following a by-election, with the constituency’s new MP pledging to be a role model for minorities. 

Anum Qaiser Javed became Scotland’s second ever female Muslim MP after the result was announced in the early hours of this morning. 

Ms Javed won Thursday’s by-election with a reduced majority ahead of Labour candidate Kenneth Stevenson, a local councillor.