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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

DARK SECRETS: Labour wins birmingham erdington by election as tory challenge flops | Rare Historical Photos

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Sir Keir Starmer has praised Labour’s newest MP as a “great champion of working people” after she won the by-election in Birmingham Erdington.

Paulette Hamilton saw off a limp Tory challenge for the constituency on Thursday night to become the city’s first black MP.

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