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Voting under way to decide thousands of councillors and Runcorn and Helsby by-election
- Voters in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new MP in a by-election held in the Liverpool City Region.
- The by-election followed the resignation of Labour MP Mike Amesbury, who pleaded guilty to assault and received a suspended prison sentence.
- Labour previously held the seat with over 50% of the vote, but the contest included multiple candidates, with Reform challenging Labour's dominance for the first time since the last general election.
- Reform candidate Sarah Pochin won by six votes with 12,645 votes, narrowly beating Labour's Karen Shore who had 12,639 votes, making it one of the closest results in modern UK by-election history.
- The narrow Reform victory signals potential shifts in political dynamics in England and indicates the first significant test for Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government since their last general election win.
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Keir Starmer says Runcorn by-election results are 'disappointing' but were 'very close'
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that Labour's defeat in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election is "disappointing", but the result was "very close".Speaking to GB News, Starmer said: "The results are disappointing, and I could stand here and say that opposition parties always do well in elections like this, it was very close in Runcorn, etc."What I want to say is my response is, we get it. We were elected in last year to bring about change…
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