'I get it': Starmer responds after losing Runcorn by-election to Reform UK
Friday, 2 May 2025 () Sir Keir Starmer has said he "gets" why his party suffered defeat to Reform UK in the Runcorn by-election, as he promised to go "further" in delivering change.
Sir Keir Starmer conceded that Labour’s loss by just six votes to Reform UK in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election was a setback and said that the government needed to act “further and faster” in delivering change. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah Pochin saw Reform taking a constituency which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 less than 12 months ago. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as prime minister. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah Pochin saw Reform taking a constituency which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 less than 12 months ago. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
On the banks of the Mersey, Runcorn and Helsby is a more complicated political picture than the apparent Labour heartland that first presents itself. Sky News
Nigel Farage has hailed Reform UK’s by-election win in Runcorn and Helsby as proof the party is no longer a “fringe” offshoot of the Conservatives. He said the narrative has been "disproved in a very, very big way", claiming Tory votes now lead to Labour wins. “It’s been a huge day for us.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Nigel Farage has declared Reform UK the “main opposition party” after winning the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes. Farage said Reform had “dug very deep into the Labour vote” as the party overturned a 14,700 Labour majority. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Reform UK has revealed Sarah Pochin as its candidate for the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. The announcement comes after former Labour MP Mike Amesbury resigned, having received a suspended prison..
Sir Keir Starmer has said he "gets" why his party suffered defeat to Reform UK in the Runcorn by-election, as he promised to go "further" in delivering change. Sky News Also reported by •Upworthy •BBC News •Daily Record
It was breakfast time when Nigel Farage told Sky News the Tories were "toast" after Reform UK's victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Sky News
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Sir Keir Starmer has said he "gets" why his party suffered defeat to Reform UK in the Runcorn by-election, as he promised to go "further" in delivering change.
It was breakfast time when Nigel Farage told Sky News the Tories were "toast" after Reform UK's victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
