Voting begins in by-election billed as crucial test for Labour leader Starmer
The by-election was seen as a straight fight between Labour’s Kim Leadbeater and the Tories’ Ryan Stephenson - but then Galloway happened.
The by-election was seen as a straight fight between Labour’s Kim Leadbeater and the Tories’ Ryan Stephenson - but then Galloway happened.
The research also suggested that 69 per cent of Labour members would prefer Andy Burnham as leader.
"Nobody’s been interested in this area, and all of a sudden all these politicians are saying ‘we care, we care!’. And we’re all just like, ‘yeah, of course you do’."
It comes after Kim Leadbeater was chased and harassed by an angry mob in the West Yorkshire constituency.
He called on Batley's multi-cultural population to "just talk" to one another.
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The party received 368 votes in the Hartlepool by-election.
The election is “a free hit” for the Tories and a chance “to give Labour another kicking”.
“Our politics are better when women are at the top table," she said after becoming elected as the first ever metro mayor in the country.
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