West Lancashire by-election: Labour hold onto seat
Labour has held onto its seat in West Lancashire after a by-election was triggered by the resignation of veteran MP Rosie Cooper., Greater Manchester, with a 10.5% swing from Conservatives to Labour.with an increased majority of some 11,000 over the Tories.The MP was the victim ofby an alleged member of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action and admitted the stress of what happened had"taken its toll".
West Lancashire has been a Labour stronghold since 1992 when Colin Pickthall took the seat from Tory MP Ken Hind, who had held it since 1983.
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