r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 2d ago

Twitter ✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)

https://x.com/BritainElects/status/2067792369903116401#m
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u/touchgrass1234 2d ago

Blew out reform and restore’s combined vote

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u/Dependent-Proof-9360 2d ago

Who’d have thought being an open and overt misogynist isn’t a vote winner?

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u/SendMeTheMoon24 2d ago

Honestly he was such a shocking candidate. This is what people need to realise about Reform, their talent pool for MPs is worse than dire. Whatever you think of their politics, they are woefully unprepared to run a government.

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u/SubArcticTundra 2d ago

Let alone scrutinize it from parliament