Labour's Chris Webb is the new MP for Blackpool South, beating the Conservative candidate David Jones by more than 7,000 votes.
Labour has gained a new MP after a landslide victory in Blackpool South - overturning a Conservative minority of 3,690 in another by-election defeat for the party.
Mr Webb won the constituency with a majority of over 7,000, with the Conservatives only just beating Reform UK to take second place. Giving his victory speech, the newest Labour MP thanked his family and all the people who'd voted for him, and also had this message for Rishi Sunak: "Prime minister, do the decent thing, admit you’ve failed and call an election".Labour leader Keir Starmer called the result in Blackpool South "the most important result today."
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