Conservatives secure stunning Copeland by-election win over Labour
The Labour Party had held the seat for decades, but their candidate Gillian Troughton was beaten by Conservative Trudy Harrison by more than 2,000 votes.
Copeland by-election: Full results
The Conservative party have secured a stunning victory over Labour in Copeland.
Here are the full results from the dramatic by-election.
- Trudy Harrison (C) 13,748 (44.25%, +8.46%)
- Gillian Troughton (Lab) 11,601 (37.34%, -4.92%)
- Rebecca Hanson (LD) 2,252 (7.25%, +3.80%)
- Fiona Mills (UKIP) 2,025 (6.52%, -9.00%)
- Michael Guest (Ind) 811 (2.61%)
- Jack Lenox (Green) 515 (1.66%, -1.32%)
- Roy Ivinson (Ind) 116 (0.37%)
6.69%
The swing in votes from Labour to the Conservatives
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