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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate and Rachael Davies

Reform UK: Where did party come from and what are its policies?

The Reform Party’s Sarah Pochin won the Runcorn & Helsby seat in the by-election with 12,645 votes, just ahead of Labour’s Karen Shore, who received 12,639.

That makes it the narrowest win at a by-election since 1945, while also marking Reform’s highest-ever share of the vote in a by-election.

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