Article 5REX0 Nigel Farage’s Brexit party saved Labour seats in 2019 election, analysis finds

Nigel Farage’s Brexit party saved Labour seats in 2019 election, analysis finds

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Heather Stewart
from World news | The Guardian on (#5REX0)

Experts say while party failed to win a seat they may have denied Boris Johnson a landslide by splitting vote

Nigel Farage's Brexit party may have saved up to 25 Labour seats in the Midlands and the north at the 2019 general election, denying Boris Johnson a landslide majority of 130, according to new analysis.

Farage's party failed to win a single seat in December 2019 as Boris Johnson sought to hammer home the message that the Conservatives would get Brexit done".

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