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May 2, 20255:21 AM UTCUpdated ago
Item 1 of 4 Reform party leader Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf, Chairman of the Reform party react on the day of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election results at Halton Stadium in Widnes, Britain, May 2, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
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LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Nigel Farage's populist, right-wing Reform UK party won a parliamentary seat in northwest England on Friday by the smallest ever margin in a parliamentary by-election in the country's history.
Reform's Sarah Pochin beat Labour's candidate by just six votes. Runcorn and Helsby had previously been a safe Labour seat with the party winning more than half the area's votes in last year's national election.
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Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; Editing by Christian Schmollinger
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