Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.
Parker, richard, labouring cooperative party, two to. Was a result that will send a shadow to conservatives. The conservative shadow to conservatives. The conservative party shadow to conservatives. Lie conservative party candidate, due to four, 08 labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race, 1508 votes, a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People, one of the conservative high profile metro mayors andy street, toppled. The Labour Leader there to celebrate. The Labour Leader there to celebrate. ,. , celebrate. The message here, the last elections celebrate. The message here, the last elections now, celebrate. The message here, the last elections now, the. The last elections now, the last the last elections now, the last stop before the General Election, is the country wants change election, is the country wants change i election, is the country wants change. I hope the prime ministers listening and gives the opportunity to the country to vote the opportunity to the country to v
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing looked like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conserva
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