Labour wins Chester byelection with ‘best result since 2010’
by Sammy Gecsoyler and Kiran Stacey from on (#66DSQ)
Rishi Sunak's first test ends brutally, with 14-point swing pollsters say would give Starmer comfortable majority at election
Labour was celebrating a commanding byelection victory on Friday after retaining the seat of Chester with a substantial 14-point swing which pollsters say would give the party a comfortable majority if repeated at a general election.
The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, tweeted his congratulations to Samantha Dixon, the incoming Labour MP, on Friday morning, after she won the seat with the party's highest ever vote share.
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