Per @theguardian.com, results were:
Labour 54%
Reform 35%
Return 7%
So Return wasn't a spoiler; the far-right vote combined for 42%. Too high, of course, but a decisive rejection of Reform in a place that just voted Reform a few months ago.
Andy crushed it-- 25K vs. 15K for Reform vs. 3K for Even More Racist Reform. Feels like over 50%?
Joe Adalian
Joe Adalian
Results being announced shortly in the #Makerfield by-election. Looks like Burnham has won, thank goodness. Hoping it's by a decent margin, if only to shut up the Reform morons....
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