Labour has won the Tamworth by-election, wiping out a Conservative majority of more than 19,000.
Labour's Sarah Edwards defeated Tory Andrew Cooper in the by-election in the early hours of Friday morning.Ms Edwards won 11,719 votes in the Staffordshire race compared to Mr Cooper's 10,403 - giving her a majority of 1,316.Tamworth had a turnout of 35.9%, or a total of 25,630 votes.The by-election was triggered after then-MP, the Conservative Chris Pincher, stepped down amid a sexual misconduct scandal.
A hope that should be about creating a better country for us all."Only Keir Starmer's Labour Party has the vision and the ideas to make life better for everybody in our country."Change is the question at the next election. And the answer is Labour." Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: "This is a phenomenal result that shows Labour is back in the service of working people and redrawing the political map.
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