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Why Labour may lose Batley and Spen Submitted by martin on 22 June, 2021 - 6:06
Author: Luke Hardy
On 1 July we will see a crucial by-election for Labour in Batley and Spen, coming soon after Labour lost the Hartlepool by-election and did poorly in the May council elections.
The by-election is happening because the sitting Labour MP, Tracy Brabin, won the West Yorkshire mayoral election.
At the last election Labour won with 42% of the vote, and a narrow-ish majority of 3,000-odd the Tories. But right-wing pro-Brexit parties - the Tories, the Brexit Party and the Heavy Wollen District Independents - won over 50% of the vote between them.
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