The Conservative Party has slumped to an historic defeat in the West Lancashire Parliamentary by-election .
The Tories recorded their worst ever result in the constituency as Labour's Ashley Dalton ran out a comfortable winner to become the new Member of Parliament for West Lancashire.
Ms Dalton replaces veteran Labour MP Rosie Cooper in the role after she announced she was stepping down last year. Labour won with 62.3% of the vote - a major improvement on the 52% per cent they recorded in the 2019 General Election and the party's highest ever vote share in the constituency.
