🔴 Batley and Spen by-election: Labour cling on to seat by only 323 votes
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🌹The Labour Party has held onto the constituency of Batley and Spen in a tense by-election that threatened to push another of the party’s stronghold seats to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives
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Labour's reaction?
Keir Starmer has praised the 'fantastic result' for Labour's 'brilliant and brave' Kim Leadbeater
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Keir Starmer has praised the 'fantastic result' for Labour's 'brilliant and brave' Kim Leadbeater
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Our political correspondent @Tony_Diver is on the ground in Batley and Spen
https://twitter.com/Tony_Diver/status/1410820588885708803?s=20
A recap if you've just woken up 👇
🔹 Labour has pulled off a shock victory in Batley and Spen, where Kim Leadbetter has held the seat with a majority of just 323
🔹 She gave a heartfelt speech, thanking her family and friends
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🔹 Labour has pulled off a shock victory in Batley and Spen, where Kim Leadbetter has held the seat with a majority of just 323
🔹 She gave a heartfelt speech, thanking her family and friends
Our live blog: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
But Leadbetter also thanked the police, who she said she had to rely on far more than she had hoped.
It is particularly poignant coming from the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox
Our Political Correspondent @Tony_Diver is on the scene...
It is particularly poignant coming from the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox
Our Political Correspondent @Tony_Diver is on the scene...
And he's watched losing candidate George Galloway's reaction 👇
https://twitter.com/Tony_Diver/status/1410819420612669441?s=20
So what does the by-election result mean for Sir Keir Starmer?
Yesterday, things were looking pretty bleak for the Labour leader, with rivals already jockeying to take him on before a single vote had been cast in the Batley and Spen by-election...
Yesterday, things were looking pretty bleak for the Labour leader, with rivals already jockeying to take him on before a single vote had been cast in the Batley and Spen by-election...
This morning, a senior Labour source said: "Everyone's been calling this a referendum on Keir's leadership.
"Well we've won - bucked the trend, held onto this marginal seat and advanced in Tory areas. A fantastic result."
"Well we've won - bucked the trend, held onto this marginal seat and advanced in Tory areas. A fantastic result."
Just waking up? Labour have clung on in the Batley and Spen by-election winning by just 323 votes,
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Our politics live blog has all the latest news 👇
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Kim Leadbeater has won Batley and Spen by just 323 votes - a tenth of the majority her predecessor Tracy Brabin enjoyed.
Here's how the seat looks over the years 👇
Here's how the seat looks over the years 👇
Kim Leadbeater's victory has likely saved Sir Keir Starmer's job - for the moment at least...
So who is the UK's newest MP? @Tony_Diver investigates
🔓 Free to read
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So who is the UK's newest MP? @Tony_Diver investigates
🔓 Free to read
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The Batley and Spen by-election was tense, ugly, and bruising
In recent days, Kim Leadbeater was chased and heckled by a group of men challenging her about LGBT+ education in schools and Kashmir
@JoeShute has more: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
In recent days, Kim Leadbeater was chased and heckled by a group of men challenging her about LGBT+ education in schools and Kashmir
@JoeShute has more: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
The victorious candidate Kim Leadbeater has been speaking on Radio 4 👇
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To catch up with all this morning's news follow our liveblog here: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
https://twitter.com/Tony_Diver/status/1410846028400574467?s=20
Reaction: @oflynnsocial
'Given structural factors favouring the Tories – the presence of George Galloway on the ballot and the absence of a major right-of-centre local independent – the Conservatives should not seek to brush off their failure lightly'
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'Given structural factors favouring the Tories – the presence of George Galloway on the ballot and the absence of a major right-of-centre local independent – the Conservatives should not seek to brush off their failure lightly'
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Here's the moment Kim Leadbeater was elected 👇
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What does the data say about Labour's narrow election win?
Spoiler: its performance is one of the worst on record
#BatleyAndSpen
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Spoiler: its performance is one of the worst on record
#BatleyAndSpen
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'The challenges facing Starmer are as huge today as they were yesterday and Starmer still needs to consider why, in Batley and Spen and many other seats across the country, voters still regard Labour with disappointment' I Writes @MrTCHarris
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It was a disappointing night for George Galloway - he came third behind the Tories and Labour
Here's his reaction 👇
Here's his reaction 👇
More analysis from @gordonrayner
'The storm clouds that had gathered over Sir Keir Starmer have lifted, for now, with Labour’s narrow victory in Batley and Spen, but the danger of being ousted before the next general election remains'
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'The storm clouds that had gathered over Sir Keir Starmer have lifted, for now, with Labour’s narrow victory in Batley and Spen, but the danger of being ousted before the next general election remains'
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🔴Conservative MPs have blamed Matt Hancock’s affair for the party’s loss of the Batley and Spen by-election, after Labour’s Kim Leadbeater pipped the Tories by 323 votes to win on Friday telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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