Wakefield by-election - Labour Win

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https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-05-26/whos-who-in-the-wakefield-by-election-the-full-list-of-candidates

Fifteen candidates have been confirmed to stand for election in Wakefield after former Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan resigned.

These are the candidates fighting for election when voters go to the polls in the by-election on 23 June.

  • Nadeem Ahmed, Conservative
  • Simon Lightwood, Labour
  • Jamie Needle, Liberal Democrats
  • Ashley Routh, Green Party
  • Sir Archibald Stanton Earl Eaton, Official Monster Raving Loony Party
  • David Herdson, Yorkshire Party
  • Akef Akbar, Independent
  • Ashlea Simon, Britain First
  • Therese Hirst, English Democrats
  • Jordan Gaskell, UKIP
  • Paul Bickerdike, Christian People’s Alliance
  • Chris Walsh, Reform UK
  • Jayda Fransen, Independent
  • Christopher Jones, Northern Independence Party
  • Mick Dodgson, Freedom Alliance

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/wakefield-by-election

Most Popular Bets

Labour (1/100)
Conservatives (25/1)
Liberal Democrats (125/1)
Green Party (300/1)
Reform UK (250/1)

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Expect announcements on policy next week from the Conservatives.

Expect nothing on policy from Labour

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Wakefield. Home of Monster Mansion. Ask not!

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Don’t forget, Vote early, Vote often. And number all the boxes.

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Meanwhile in Luton

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-06-11/luton-councillor-sentenced-for-benefit-fraud

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Wakefield’s ‘red wall’ voters turn their back on Boris Johnson

On the streets of Wakefield, a cathedral city in northern England, Boris Johnson’s name was this week met with sardonic laughter, often followed by expletives.

A poll by JL Partners last weekend put Labour 20 points ahead of the Tories in Wakefield, currently a marginal seat.

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Latest:

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/wakefield-by-election

Most Popular Bets

Labour (1/100) - No Change
Conservatives (25/1) - No Change
Liberal Democrats (125/1)
Reform UK (250/1)
Others

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Ah democracy and multi-culturalism go hand in hand - marvellous!

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Latest:

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/wakefield-by-election

Most Popular Bets

Labour (1/100)
Conservatives (25/1)
Liberal Democrats (150/1)
Reform UK (250/1)
Green Party (300/1)
Others

No Changes.

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Counting will take place in the constituency overnight and the result of the election is expected in the early hours of 24 June.

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Yet another ‘suspended sentence’ which she can simply ignore!
And we wonder why crime is on the increase in this country.

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Yep - the police and the judicial system are now politicised and no longer work for us.

They protect Pakistani grooming gangs who rape our children. This still goes on as well, there was a report on it yesterday that I saw on TV. It still goes on because the police and the judicial system are afraid of being called names.

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Ballot boxes have begun to arrive at the count in Wakefield’s Thornes Park.

The Wakefield by-election turnout has been confirmed as 39.09%.

In total, 27,205 ballots were cast out of an electorate of 69,601.

In the general election in 2019, the turnout was 64.15%.

Wakefield result expected around 04:00

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Labour win the Wakefield by-election in West Yorkshire.

Lab maj 4,925 (17.93%)

12.69% swing Con to Lab

Bad news for BJ 
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “Wakefield has shown the country has lost confidence in the Tories. This result is a clear judgement on a Conservative Party that has run out of energy and ideas.”

Hear, hear 
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Simon Lightwood defeated Tory candidate Nadeem Ahmed by 4,925 votes in the poll to overturn a majority of 3,358.

Visiting the town on Friday, the Labour leader said voters saw a party that was “absolutely focused on the issues affecting working people”.

The victory signifies Labour’s first by-election gain since Corby in 2012.

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Labour smash Tories 
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They haven’t smashed the tories at all, they only gained about 8% since the last time.

Conservatives didn’t turn up to vote, thats why this result happened.

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Whatever. It was the right result.

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Ofcourse it was I’m no disagreeing but this is not the big win that labour seems to think it is.