Labour wins UK by-election as Tory PM Sunak stares at more losses

Britain’s ruling Conservative s lost a parliamentary seat to the main Labour opposition today, as the country awaited local election results likely to pile more pressure on embattled leader Rishi Sunak . — AFP picLONDON, May 3 — Britain’s ruling Conservative s lost a parliamentary seat to the main Labour opposition today, as the country awaited local election results likely to pile more pressure on embattled leader Rishi Sunak .

Labour’s Chris Webb won with a 26.3 per cent swing — the third largest margin from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since World War II.“This seismic win in Blackpool South is the most important result today,” said Labour leader Keir Starmer, tipped to be Britain’s next prime minister. The capital’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan is expected to win a record third term easily, but mayoral contests in the West Midlands and Tees Valley, in northeast England, are predicted to be tight.

Wins for the incumbent Tory mayors in the West Midlands and Tees Valley, Andy Street and Ben Houchen, would boost their hopes that the beleaguered leader can still revive their fortunes.

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