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| SIX VOTES: Nigel Farage indicates the narrow margin in Runcorn |
A huge swing from Labour to Reform has delivered a very narrow victory for the latter in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Reform's Sarah Pochin triumphed by just six votes, following a recount demanded by Labour. Reform had led the first count by an even smaller margin of four votes. The result was the narrowest Westminster by-election since the Liberal candidate unseated the Conservatives by 57 votes in the Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1973.
Labour had been defending a 14,696 majority coming into this by-election, but the swing from Labour to Reform was a huge 17.4 per cent.
The Conservatives remained third, but fell further behind and finished just 27 votes ahead of the fourth placed Green candidate. Turnout was 46.2 per cent.
Runcorn and Helsby By-Election 2025
Sarah Pochin (Ref) 12,645 (38.7%) +20.5%
Karen Shore (Lab) 12,639 (38.7%) -14.3%
Sean Houlston (Con) 2,341 (7.2%) -8.8%
Chris Copeman (Grn) 2,314 (7.1%) +0.7%
Paul Duffy (LDm) 942 (2.9%) -2.2%
Dan Clarke (Lib) 454 (1.4%) +0.3%
Michael Williams (Ind) 363 (1.1%) New
Alan McKie (Ind) 269 (0.8%) New
Peter Ford (WPB) 164 (0.5%) New
John Stevens (REU) 129 (0.4%) New
Howling Laud Hope (Loon) 128 (0.4%) New
Catherine Blaiklock (EDm) 95 (0.3%) New
Paul Andrew Murphy (SDP) 68 (0.2%) -0.1%
Jason Philip Hughes (Volt) 54 (0.2%) New
Graham Harry Moore (ECP) 50 (0.2%) New
Ref GAIN from Lab
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