Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as prime minister. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah Pochin saw Reform taking a constituency which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 less than 12 months ago. 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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00:00Sarah Joanne Poachin, Reform UK, 12,645.
00:11Karen Louise Shaw, Labour Party, 12,639.
00:20And I do hereby declare that Sarah Joanne Poachin
00:24is duly elected as a Member of Parliament for the Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
00:32The people of Runcorn and Helsby have spoken.
00:37Enough is enough.
00:40Enough Tory failure, enough Labour lies.
00:45And I want to thank every one of you who were brave enough
00:50to put a cross against my name on the ballot paper.
00:54Every one of you who voted for change.
01:00Every one of you who have put their faith in me
01:03as your next Member of Parliament for this constituency
01:06which has such potential.
01:10And who have put their faith in Nigel Farage
01:13as the next Prime Minister of this great country.
01:16It will be an honour and a privilege to serve this community.
01:22A community of hard-working people who just want fairness.
01:27Fairness.
01:30Going forward, I will do my very best for all of you
01:35in Runcorn and Helsby and Frodsham.
01:38I think it should have been included in the name.
01:41Regardless of how you voted.
01:44And I will be accessible to you all.
01:46I am in politics to serve.
01:51I am in politics because I care.
01:54And I am in politics to be a voice
01:56for those who need representation.
01:58I am in politics to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person who needs to be a person.