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UK: Conservatives score shock win in Labour Party stronghold
Prime Minister Boris Johnson s party won the Hartlepool parliamentary seat. Ballots are being counted in Scotland, Wales, London and elsewhere. It s a very encouraging set of results, Johnson said.
The results are taking longer than usual to filter through due to the coronavirus pandemic
Britain s ruling Conservative Party has snatched a historically left-wing seat from the opposition Labour party in a tense by-election in England.
The conservative candidate Jill Mortimer won 15,529 votes, while her Labour opponent Paul Williams received 8,589.
Mortimer won with nearly 52% of the vote; although foreseen, the loss is a big blow to Labour
Boris s blue tidal wave: Jubilant PM heads for Hartlepool vowing to fight for the people s priorities after Tories storm former Labour strongholds with huge by-election win and council raids - as Keir Starmer faces Corbynite demands for lurch to Left
Tories have overturned 3,500 majority to win by a huge margin of 7,000 votes in the Hartlepool by-election
Shadow minister Jim McMahon conceded hours before result admitting Labour was not close to winning
Civil war in full swing in the part with Corbynites demanding Sir Keir Starmer change tack or step aside
Counting is underway across England after all of the UK went to the polls for Super Thursday elections