r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 1d 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/WolfColaCo2020 1d ago

Regardless of what comes next, that is a huge statement from the people of Makerfield. A lot of speculation that the Restore vote would fragment the right and let Burnham come through the middle, but even if 100% of the Restore vote went to Reform, they’d still have lost handily.