Overturning huge majorities in Mid Beds and Tamworth shows Labour 'can win anywhere', Sir Keir says.
Record-breaking wins in two by-elections are a "game changer" which shows Labour can now win anywhere, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Speaking to reporters from Cairo, where he was holding meetings on the crisis in Gaza, the PM said mid-term by-elections were "always difficult for incumbent governments" and that there had been "local factors at play".Labour overcame a 24,664 Tory majority in Mid Bedfordshire to win the seat for the first time - the largest numerical majority ever overturned in a by-election in history.
In a three-way fight for the seat, Labour's Alistair Strathern secured a swing of 20.5% to win by 1,192 votes.The Conservative candidate Festus Akinbusoye, Bedfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner came second with 12,680 votes and Lib Dem Emma Holland-Lindsay came third with 9,420 votes. Reform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, came third in Tamworth, with their candidate securing 1,373 votes.
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