"Reform beats Labour by six votes to take Runcorn and Helsby"
Low turnout always seems to favour far-right parties, in 2024 left\centre parties had 66% of the vote on a turnout of 53%
Now Reform got 38.7% of the vote on a 20.6% turnout and win by just six votes.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-keir-starmer-labour-england-conservatives-b1225540.html
Low turnout always seems to favour far-right parties, in 2024 left\centre parties had 66% of the vote on a turnout of 53%
Now Reform got 38.7% of the vote on a 20.6% turnout and win by just six votes.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-keir-starmer-labour-england-conservatives-b1225540.html
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And if they had been obliged to vote they'd most likely mainly have voted Labour, followed by LD and Greens.