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A key by-election is set to be held in Runcorn and Helsby. Voters will head to the polls in the Cheshire constituency on 1 May. The by-election has been triggered by the resignation of Mike ...

Reform would need a swing in the share of the vote of 17.4 percentage points to gain the seat from Labour. Labour won Runcorn & Helsby at the 2024 general election with 53% of the vote, with ...

The Conservatives have selected a senior executive from the building industry to contest the forthcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election. The seat became vacant after Mike Amesbury quit the House ...

Nigel Farage has denied that the Runcorn and Helsby by-election is a “must win” for Reform UK. The Reform leader played down the importance of winning the by-election in Cheshire, which was ...

The Labour candidate facing down Reform UK in the Runcorn by-election “warmly welcomed” refugees from Afghanistan and Syria to the area. Councillor Karen Shore, who is facing a Reform ...

The political atmosphere is hotting up in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election where the current MP Mike Amesbury has declared he will step aside following his conviction for assault. Labour has ...

A new poll has tipped Reform UK to overturn a massive Labour majority and win the upcoming Runcorn & Helsby by-election. Fresh data from Lord Ashcroft Polls has placed Nigel Farage's party ahead of ...

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Labour is on track to lose the Runcorn and Helsby by-election to Reform UK, a poll has predicted. Mike Amesbury, the Cheshire seat’s departing MP, has said he will resign from Parliament as soon ...