Sir Keir Starmer has praised Alistair Strathern for making history, after he won the seat of Mid Bedfordshire with a majority of 1,192 over his Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye. The result marked a swing of 20.5 percentage points to Labour in the constituency.
The Labour Party Leader said “It is clear that the voters here have turned their back on a failed Tory government. They’ve had enough of the decline of the last 13 years, and they are crying out for change.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Labour Party Leader said “It is clear that the voters here have turned their back on a failed Tory government. They’ve had enough of the decline of the last 13 years, and they are crying out for change.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 What a fantastic candidate, what a fantastic man.
00:05 He has not only won here, he's made history here in the last 24 hours.
00:11 What an incredible achievement already.
00:13 This is an incredible night in politics, an incredible morning,
00:18 an incredible result here for so many reasons.
00:22 It is clear that the voters here have turned their back
00:27 on a failed Tory government.
00:30 They've had enough of the decline of the last 13 years
00:33 and they are crying out for change,
00:36 positive change that the Labour Party can bring them,
00:39 positive change that a changed Labour Party can bring them,
00:43 building that economy so that it raises living standards
00:46 for everywhere across the country.
00:49 So we go forward. Thank you so much.
00:51 An incredible result.
00:53 [Cheering]