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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Eleanor Barlow

Candidate tells court of ‘fraud’ at by-election count won by Reform MP

The candidate who came last in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election has launched a legal challenge against the result on the basis there was “fraud” at the count.

English Constitution Party candidate Graham Moore received 50 votes, or a 0.15% share of the vote, in the May election, which saw Reform UK candidate Sarah Pochin claim the seat with 12,645 votes, just six more than the Labour candidate.

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