Glasgow looks set to be a battleground for next year's General Election after the city's resounding Yes vote left Labour reeling.

All eight constituencies backed the SNP's Yes campaign in a move which has bolstered their hopes of taking the city, a long-term Labour stronghold, next year.

Academics described Labour as being in "disarray" and said it was humiliating for them to lose Glasgow's referendum vote.

Gaining ground in the city is now seen as vital by Labour, as it tries to battle back.

Scottish Labour leader and Pollok MSP Johann Lamont told the Evening Times they would "fight for every vote".

She said: "We were disappointed to be edged out of Glasgow and the result shows a divided city.

"A clear majority of Scots choose to remain as part of the United Kingdom and we now have a job as political leaders in uniting behind the decision that has been reached.

"We will reflect on what this means for Scottish Labour but I want to be clear that I don't presume the vote of anyone in Glasgow or anywhere else.

"We will fight for every vote in every campaign while I am leader."

Ian Davidson, MP for south west Glasgow, denied claims the party had become distanced from voters locally.

He said: "The vote was more against Westminster than locally. We need to reflect on why the offer we were making wasn't acceptable."

"I have already had a discussion with council leader Gordon Matheson about how we need to have a gathering of Glasgow's MPs, MSPs and councillors to co-ordinate a joint political approach."

He agreed the focus would be on "battling back" ahead of next year's national vote.

Dr Karly Kehoe, a senior lecturer in history at Caledonian University, claimed the Glasgow result shows people want change.

She said: "Labour is in disarray. Indeed Labour has been in disarray this whole campaign.

"They lost Glasgow and it is humiliating for them because Glasgow is meant to be Labour bedrock. They want to ask some important questions about what went wrong."

She said she believed the party had stopped listening to their supporters.

Ms Kehoe added: "What this has shown is that people are not happy and want a serious shake up. People are disenchanted and that was what this vote was about.

"It is not going to be possible to go back to the way things were.

"Labour will have to find a new message because they seem to have lost their core values."

Thomas Lundberg, a politics lecturer at Glasgow University, said the vote could cause problems for Labour in the future.

He said: "People are not surprised at the Glasgow vote and that a big working class population would vote Yes. It looked like a lot of Labour voters were going to go over to Yes.

"This could be a big problem for Labour because we are seeing the continua-tion of the shift of working class voters to the SNP."

BOB DORIS, Glasgow SNP MSP, was jubilant to see they had a "clear majority" in Glasgow.

He said: "Glasgow is clearly on a move towards independence, thirsting for more than devo max.

"Results have been different elsewhere but all you can do is take a look at your own back yard and it's a positive result in Glasgow for the Yes campaign and I'm absolutely delighted. I'm looking forward to getting back on the streets and thanking my constituents in Glasgow for a resounding Yes victory."

In Cathcart, the only city area to hit 80% turnout, the Yes win was by almost 3000 votes.

James Dornan SNP MSP said: "The Glasgow result is in-keeping with a lot of working class areas across the county.

"It shows a disgust at Labour's close cronyism with the Tories to block independence.

"If this is a victory for the No campaign, in Glasgow it is a Pyrrhic victory."

Glasgow voters gave the Yes campaign a strong backing, with 194,779 backing independence, compared to 169,347 for No, 53.5% compared to 46.5%.

Many Labour politicians tried to focus on the nation-wide referendum result but some were prepared to admit it had ramifications for the party in the city.

Matt Kerr, councillor for Craigton, admitted there was a need to be "honest with ourselves" following the city defeat, and said: "The downside is the Glasgow result.

"There are people out there who feel they are not part of society as well as people who fundamentally believe in an independent nation state.

"I think what we can take out of this is a renewed level of political engagement.

"Hopefully the people who drifted away from Labour during this process will continue to play a part in the political life in this city in future."

Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon said Glasgow had delivered a message to Labour.

She said: "They want change. Every single constituency in Glasgow has voted Yes. Labour's heartlands, or what they used to consider their heartlands, in Glasgow have voted Yes fairly convincingly, so I think there's a hard message in there for the Labour leadership."