Labour’s victory in the Wakefield byelection is proof that the party is “ready for government”, Keir Starmer has said.
The Tories, who gained the seat in 2019 for the first time in almost 90 years, lost it on Thursday, trailing Labour by 4,921 votes and 18 percentage points. Simon Lightwood, an NHS communications executive who worked for the previous local Labour MP, was elected on a swing of 12.7% from the Tories.
