the conservatives have won the old bexley and sidcup by election, holding onto the stronghold in south east london with a much reduced majority. the contest was triggered by the death of the former ministerjames brokenshire, who died of lung cancer at the age of 53. a local tory councillor, louie french, succeeds him, as our political correspondent ione wells reports. wrapped up warm to deliver ballot boxes. turnout was expected to be low in this cold december by election, and only 34% of voters turned out. it meant the tories majority was cut from 19,000 to about 4500. but their candidate, louie french, still got more than half the vote, although there was a 10% swing to labour. and reform uk, formerly the brexit party, came third. 11,189. the result was not surprising in this safe tory seat, even if the opposition had hoped recent negative headlines about so called sleaze could chip away at their strong majority.
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