BLACKPOOL SOUTH BY-ELECTION RESULT

From last night:

🔴 Chris Webb (Labour): 58.9% (+20.6)
🔵 David Jones (Conservatives): 17.5% (-32.1)
⚪ David Brown (Reform UK): 16.9% (+10.8)
🟠 Andrew Cregan (Liberal Democrats): 2.1% (-1.0)
🟢 Ben Thomas (Green): 2.0% (+0.3)
⚫ Others: 2.6% (new)

Labour GAIN from Conservative.

Changes with 2019 general election.

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State of the parties at 06:00:

We have most of the overnight results in now. More counting later this morning.

It's been a pretty disasterous night for the Conservatives, not just with councils but also with the #BlackpoolSouth by-election. Labour put in a decent innings, and Independents gained in a couple of key councils.

Time for a nap. More results later today.

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State of the parties at 05:00:

The Conservatives have now lost over 100 seats, and control of four councils.

This, alongside the by-election result in #BlackpoolSouth, is proving a disaster for the party.

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LABOUR GAIN BLACKPOOL SOUTH

With a MAHOOSIVE swing of 26.3%.

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Looks like the #BlackpoolSouth result is imminent.

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State of the parties just after 04:00:

The results seem to have slowed down a bit. It's a decent night for Labour, and a worst-case disaster for the Conservatives.

Labour thinks they've won #BlackpoolSouth, but we're still awaiting the results.

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State of the parties at 03:00:

Labour now in solid net gains territory.
Conservatives have lost far more seats than they've won.
Gains for Independents largely driven by local issues.

Oh, and we're still waiting on #BlackpoolSouth.

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Verification in #BlackpoolSouth has now completed, and the counting can now actually begin.

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