Labour hailed Samantha Dixon's victory as sending a 'clear message to Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government'.
Labour hailed Samantha Dixon’s victory as sending a “clear message to Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government”.ByLabour’s Samantha Dixon has won the City of Chester by-election, retaining the seat in a vote seen as the first electoral test for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Ms Dixon was victorious with a 10,974 vote majority, defeating Conservative candidate and NHS nurse Liz Wardlaw. Labour won the seat in 2019 for the third time in a row with a majority of 6,164. “The people of Chester have sent a clear message to Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government: They are fed up of Tory rule and want the change Labour offers,” Shadow work and pensions minister Alison McGovern said.
“After the Tories crashed our economy, it’s clear that only Labour can be trusted to help families across the country make ends meet,” Wirral South MP Ms McGovern said. “Sam will be an excellent MP for Chester and a strong voice for Chester residents in the Conservative cost-of-living crisis.
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