By-election in Runcorn and Helsby would be major test for Labour — and for Nigel Farage
Just how unpopular is Keir Starmer? How popular is Reform? Is there an anti-Farage/Reform vote? Are the Conservatives an irrelevance?
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Just how unpopular is Keir Starmer? How popular is Reform? Is there an anti-Farage/Reform vote? Are the Conservatives an irrelevance?
Latest for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇
https://www.politics.co.uk/politicslunch/2025/02/25/by-election-in-runcorn-and-helsby-would-be-major-test-for-labour-and-for-nigel-farage/
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History shows that many voters use by-elections as a protest vote, and there is usually a small turnout.
So statistically there is nothing to see.