Labour won last night’s by-election, sending candidate Lisa Forbes to Parliament and denying Farage his Brexit Party’s first MP. But this morning, a rejected Farage gave the bizarre excuse that his party didn’t win because too many people voted for another party. He also blamed the loss on Brexit Party’s relatively short lifespan. (Image: PA)Jeremy Corbyn said it was a "great win" and represented a rejection of the Conservatives' "disastrous" handling of Brexit. Labour won 10,484 votes to the Brexit Party's 9,801, with the Tories on 7,243 votes in a seat which has traditionally been a two-way Conservative-Labour marginal.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2019 08:01 UTC