Labour has won the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election, with Chris Webb securing 10,825 votes, a majority of 7,607. The contest was triggered by the resignation of former Tory MP Scott Benton following a lobbying scandal. The Tories avoided the humiliation of coming third in Blackpool South, but finished just 117 votes ahead of Reform UK. 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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00:00Jones, David, the Conservative Party candidate, 3,218.
00:05CHEERING
00:08Webb, Christopher Paul, commonly known as Chris, Labour Party, 10,825.
00:14CHEERING
00:19I declare that Christopher Paul Webb is duly elected
00:22as the Member of Parliament for the Blackpool South constituency.
00:25CHEERING
00:31The people of Blackpool South have spoken for Britain.
00:37They have said to Rishi Sunak and to the Conservatives,
00:40they've had enough.
00:42They've had enough for 14 years of the Conservatives being in power.
00:46They have lost trust of the British people,
00:49and Blackpool has had enough of this failed government,
00:52which has crashed the economy, destroyed our public services,
00:56and put up taxes.
00:58They have said that it's time for change,
01:01and that change started here in Blackpool tonight.
01:05Only Labour offers new hopes for towns like Blackpool.