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Labour takes back ‘red wall’ seat Blackpool South in ‘seismic’ win

Chris Webb’s byelection victory with more than 7,500-vote majority hailed as ‘most important result’ of night by Labour leader

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Labour has regained the seat of Blackpool South in Thursday’s parliamentary byelection, in a fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s leadership. The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, called it a “seismic win”.

The local and firm favourite Chris Webb won with 10,825 votes, followed by David Jones, the Conservative candidate, with a distant 3,218 votes, who finished narrowly ahead of the Reform candidate, Mark Butcher, on 3,101 votes.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Chris Webb’s byelection victory with more than 7,500-vote majority hailed as ‘most important result’ of night by Labour leaderUK local election results – live updatesLabour has regained the seat of Blackpool South in Thursday’s parliamentary byelection, in a fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s leadership. The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, called it a “seismic win”.The local and firm favourite Chris Webb won with 10,825 votes, followed by David Jones, the Conservative candidate, with a distant 3,218 votes, who finished narrowly ahead of the Reform candidate, Mark Butcher, on 3,101 votes. Continue reading…