Starmer hails Labour revival after Kim Leadbeater wins Batley and Spen
by Maya Wolfe-Robinson, Peter Walker and Heather Stew from World news | The Guardian on (#5KSGN)
The sister of the murdered MP Jo Cox holds West Yorkshire seat for party by 323 votes
Labour is coming home" after the party narrowly held on to Batley and Spen in a sometimes brutal byelection, Keir Starmer has said, arguing that voters were starting to see through the government's politics of misinformation".
It is a start. Labour is back. Labour is coming home," the party leader told cheering activists in the West Yorkshire constituency, standing next to Kim Leadbeater, who won the seat over the Conservatives by just 323 votes.
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