Labour wins Blackpool South by-election as they take seat from Conservatives – as Reform UK are pipped into third

LABOUR has this morning won the Blackpool South by-election to steal the seat back from the Tories.

Chris Webb defeated the Conservative candidate David Jones by 10,825 votes to 3,218 – a 26 per cent swing in the Red Wall town.

ReutersLabour’s Chris Webb has taken the Blackpool South seat, held by the Tories since the 2019 General Election[/caption] LNPCounting agents at work at Blackpool Leisure Centre for the parliamentary by-election[/caption]

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