US EditionVoting under way to decide thousands of councillors and Runcorn and Helsby by-election
- Voters cast their ballots on 2025-05-02 in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election within the Liverpool City Region to elect a new MP.
- The by-election followed Labour MP Mike Amesbury's resignation after his guilty plea to assaulting a constituent last year in Frodsham.
- Reform candidate Sarah Pochin won narrowly with 12,645 votes, edging Labour's 12,639 votes by six, amid multiple candidates contesting from various parties.
- The six-vote margin marked the first modern UK by-election decided by single digits, where just three Reform voters could have caused a tie resolved by coin toss.
- Reform's victory represents a significant test for Labour under Sir Keir Starmer, suggesting new challenges and heightened national attention on political trends.
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Reform UK rise is a golden opportunity for the SNP and independence movement
RUNCORN and Helsby is almost certainly the first by-election in history in which the provisional margin of victory was first made public knowledge by the number of fingers held up by an Official Monster Raving Loony Party representative ...
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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