Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result
Labour have delivered a historic defeat to the Conservatives by winning Mid Bedfordshire for the first time in the constituency's century-long history.
Alistair Strathern has won the seat with a majority of 1,192 over his Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye, with a swing of 20.5 percentage points to Labour. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Alistair Strathern has won the seat with a majority of 1,192 over his Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye, with a swing of 20.5 percentage points to Labour. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Akinbizuwe Festus, the Conservative Party candidate, 12,680.
00:08 Strathairn Alastair Luke, Labour Party, 13,872.
00:17 I therefore duly declare Alastair Luke Strathairn elected as Member of Parliament for the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary constituency.
00:29 Tonight, residents across Mid Bedfordshire made history.
00:36 After decades of being taken for granted, being left behind, being underrepresented, they made the decision it was time for change.
00:45 It was time to deserve better. It was time to get better politics, higher standards and it was time for Labour.
00:53 the lape.
00:53 [APPLAUSE]