Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result
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Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result
Labour have delivered a historic defeat to the Conservatives by winning Mid Bedfordshire for the first time in the constituency's century-long history.
Alistair Strathern has won the seat with a majority of 1,192 over his Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye, with a swing of 20.5 percentage points to Labour.
Report by Covellm.
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