Birmingham Erdington byelection winner is Labour’s Paulette Hamilton
by Jessica Murray from World news | The Guardian on (#5WQYG)
Hamilton says retaining seat with majority of 3,266 shows party is finally turning a corner'
The new Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington has said her byelection victory shows the party is finally turning a corner" after she secured the seat with a majority of 3,266.
Paulette Hamilton, a former nurse, will become the city's first black MP after getting 9,413 votes, beating the Conservative candidate, Robert Alden, who got 6,147. Labour's vote share rose to 55.5% from 50.3% in 2019.
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