Labour resoundingly wins Blackpool South by-election amid bruising night for Tories

Sir Keir Starmer describes massive 26% swing towards Labour in seat as 'truly historic'

Labour party candidate Chris Webb kisses his wife Portia during the Blackpool South Parliamentary by-election Labour has claimed a majority victory in the Blackpool South by-election, with its candidate Chris Webb taking 10,825 votes.Tory David Jones came in second with 3,218 votes, just 117 ahead of Reform UK’s Mark Butcher.

“The swing towards the Labour Party in Blackpool South is truly historic and shows that we are firmly back in the service of working people."“People no longer trust the Conservatives. Prime Minister: do the decent thing, admit you’ve failed and call a general election.”Four took place while Boris Johnson was prime minister while the remaining seven have all occurred during Rishi Sunak’s premiership.

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