Starmer hails Blackpool South win as result points to big Labour victory in UK general election

Labour leader Keir Starmer celebrates with the party's newly-election MP, Chris Webb, after Webb was declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA WireKeir Starmer has hailed Labour’s “seismic” win in Blackpool South in a night of local elections in England and Wales that provided further evidence that the party is heading for a large majority at this year’s UK general election.

Mr Webb’s victory is the latest sign that Labour is winning again in leave-voting areas it lost to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in 2019, with the party also gaining control of the councils in Rushmoor, Thurrock and Hartlepool. However, it was defeated in Oldham, amid signs that it has lost ground in areas with high Muslim votes as a result of the party’s stance on the war in Gaza.

“This is now the fifth parliamentary by election in which we’ve seen swings of over 20 per cent from Conservative to Labour,” he told Radio 4’s Today programme. “The last time we had swings with that size of a degree of regularity was the 1992-1997 parliament. Tony Blair didn’t get as many as that, and we know what happened in 1997.”

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