Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Labour candidate Chris Webb with his wife Portia and son Cillian wait for the declaration at the count centre in Blackpool.
The party’s candidate, Chris Webb, become the Lancashire seat’s new MP as the Tory vote collapsed by 32%.won in 2019 will set alarm bells ringing among the party’s MPs with the general election election on the horizon.The huge 26% swing from the Tories to Labour will also raise further questions about Sunak’s future as PM, with rebel MPs ready to mount a challenge against his leadership.
Webb received 10,825 votes, giving him a majority of 7,607 over Tory candidate David Jones, who only beat Reform UK’s Mark Butcher by 117 votes.The by-election result means Labour has regained a seat it previously held between 1997 and 2019. It is also the 10th by-election defeat Sunak has suffered in just 18 months as prime minister, and reduces the Tories’ working Commons majority - which was 80 after the 2019 election - to 47.“They have said to Rishi Sunak and to the Conservatives they’ve had enough.
“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.”Rishi Sunak On 'Really Good Form' Despite Looming Election Defeats, Says Cabinet MinisterSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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