Labour has overturned a 11,220 Conservative majority to win Chris Skidmore’s former seat in Kingswood.
Find out moreSir Keir Starmer hails the "fantastic" result, saying "people are ready to put their trust in a Labour government"
Despite Labour's advance, the Green Party managed to win 3.4% of the vote in Kingswood - the fifth best result the party has ever achieved in a by-election. And the fact that Reform have risen to a third will raise the eyebrows of some on the Conservative backbenches. Speaking to BBC News, he says Labour has won tonight by a margin of 10 percentage points, compared to larger majorities in 1997, and 2001, and 2005.
The figure is broadly similar to its current ratings in national polls - and well above what it achieved in recent by-elections in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire .Many of the tables have stopped counting, all the candidates are now here and gathered in small groups with their supporters.More now from the new MP in Kingswood, Damien Egan, who says that winning the seat"feels amazing" but that there's"so much to do".
He points out that if you add together the Reform UK and Conservative vote it is more than Labour's - and that the Labour Party previously held the seat from 1997 to 2010. He says the party can be reassured to some extent by the low turnout as a lot of Tory voters appeared to stay at home.In his victory speech a short time ago, Labour's winning candidate in Kingswood, Damien Egan, thanked voters for"giving me your trust and for allowing me to serve the community that I'm from".
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