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Reform UK wins by-election by just six votes to gain fifth MP

Nigel Farage's right-wing populist party campaigned on an anti-immigration platform in Runcorn and Helsby, a constituency in northwest England.

Euronews · May 2, 2025

Starmer says ‘I get it’ after Labour’s ‘disappointing’ Runcorn defeat

The Prime Minister said his party ‘get it’ after new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat by a historically slim margin on Friday.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Local elections 2025 full results: Reform gain new MP and control of first councils as Tories and Labour falter

Reform have made huge gains, beating Labour at the Runcorn by-election and seizing control of Kent, Staffordshire, Durham, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire councils

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

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Reform ‘now main opposition party’, says Farage

Sarah Pochin took the seat that Labour won with a majority of more than 14,000 last year by just six votes.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Who is Sarah Pochin? Reform UK’s first female MP

Sarah Pochin becomes Reform UK’s fifth MP and its first female representative in parliament

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Labour criticised from within own ranks after early local election results

A newly re-elected mayor hit out at changes to the winter fuel allowance, hikes to employer national insurance contributions and welfare reforms.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Reform beats Labour by six votes in Runcorn vote as party gains first mayor

In one of the closest parliamentary votes ever, new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 last year.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

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Hard right wins local UK election in blow to PM Starmer

Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party on Friday in local elections that dealt a blow to Britain's two establishment parties.

Radio France Internationale · May 2, 2025

Reform win sets new record for smallest by-election majority since 1945

The result at Runcorn & Helsby also marks Reform’s highest-ever share of the vote in a by-election.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Friday briefing: Reform takes Labour scalp in knife-edge Runcorn byelection

In today’s newsletter: Early indications of Conservative collapse in benchmark local elections

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

Keir Starmer admits disappointment as Nigel Farage hails bombshell by-election victory and Reform snap up council seats

‘Reform are in business. They are a major challenge,’ says polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour

Result will heighten government’s fears it could lose scores of MPs to Nigel Farage’s party at next general election

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

‘Labour have done nothing but lie’: grievances fuel Runcorn byelection battle

‘Dogfight’ between Labour and Reform UK is turning ugly after Nigel Farage’s party put immigration centre stage

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025

Hard-right Upstarts Eye Big Gains In Local UK Polls

Britain's anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove its credentials as a credible political force at local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

International Business Times · Apr 29, 2025

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The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025

Runcorn by-election: Can Sarah Pochin give Reform the rebrand Nigel Farage is hoping for?

NEWS ANALYSIS: A self-professed ‘clean candidate’, Sarah Pochin is a far cry from many of the candidates Reform put up at the general election, but can she convince the voters of Runcorn? Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher went to find out

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025

Reform UK candidate backed means testing winter fuel payments despite Nigel Farage calling move ‘vindictive’

Sarah Pochin said winter fuel payments should go to those who need it and not those who don’t

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

Reform candidate reprimanded for using status as a magistrate to influence colleagues

Sarah Pochin’s ‘behaviour fell below the standards expected of a magistrate’, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said

Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2025

Nigel Farage serenaded in the street on campaign visit

The Reform UK leader was in Runcorn ahead of the by-election.

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025

Over 60 Reform UK candidates in local elections are Tory defectors, study finds

Labour accuses Nigel Farage’s party of ‘mass rebrand’ after research into nominations of former Conservatives

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2025

Runcorn by-election: Inside the town that will see Starmer’s first major test at the ballot box

IN FOCUS: Having spent the first nine months in power struggling to get a grip on the narrative, a by-election loss in such a safe Labour seat would be a disaster for the party, as Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher explain

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Farage rails against equality policies and says he is ‘not a fan’ of Andrew Tate

The Reform UK leader praised Donald Trump’s US administration for scrapping policies aimed at improving equality in American workplaces.

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025

Reform UK selects Runcorn candidate to challenge Labour at by-election

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

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