Labour claim early win in UK vote as closely watched results trickle in

Chris Webb holds his son Cillian Douglas Webb as his wife Portia looks on during the Blackpool South Parliamentary by-election, in Blackpool, Britain, on May 3, 2024. LONDON: Britain's opposition Labour Party won a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday , beating the governing Conservatives in one of a series of votes that will help gauge public opinion ahead of a full national election due this year.

While governing parties often struggle in local polls, the defeat in Blackpool and early signs of losses at the council level will boost Labour's hopes for a sweeping victory over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in the national election. "This is the one contest where voters had the chance to send a message to Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives directly, and that message is an overwhelming vote for change."

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