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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Martin Belam

Polls close in Wellingborough and Kingswood byelections

People arrive at St Peter's church hall in Rushden to vote in the Wellingborough byelection.
People arrive at St Peter's church hall in Rushden to vote in the Wellingborough byelection. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Polls have closed in two byelections where Labour is seeking to take seats from Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party.

In Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, the Tories were defending a majority of more than 18,000; and in Kingswood in South Gloucestershire its majority from the 2019 general election was more than 11,000.

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