Labour’s Alistair Strathern said his victory in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election had “made history” and sent a “resounding message”.The Tories had held Mid Bedfordshire since 1931, with a 24,664 Conservative majority in 2019.But Mr Strathern took the seat with a majority of 1,192 over his Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye, with a swing of 20.5 percentage points to Labour.Giving his victory speech on Thursday, the newest Labour MP said: “Tonight residents across Mid Bedfordshire have made history, after decades of being taken for granted, feeling left behind, being under-represented, they made a decision it was time for a change.“Nowhere is off limits for this Labour Party and tonight’s result proves it.”SOURCE: PA
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00:00 Alistair Luke, Labour Party, 13,872.
00:06 [Cheering]
00:09 Because tonight, residents across Mid Bedfordshire made history.
00:13 After decades of being taken for granted, being left behind, being underrepresented,
00:20 they made the decision it was time for change.
00:23 It was time to deserve better.
00:25 It was time to get better politics, higher standards,
00:28 and it was time for Labour.
00:31 [Street noise]