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.
First day on the job for new Copeland MP Trudy Harrison
Copeland's new Conservative MP, Trudy Harrison, began her first day in her new job today.
She's heading down from west Cumbria to Westminster - the first Conservative to represent Copeland since 1935.
Trudy Harrison won 13,748 votes in last week's by-election, beating Labour's Gillian Troughton into second place by more than 2,000 votes.
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Sadiq Khan: Labour's by-election defeat is awful
London's Labour mayor said there's lessons to be learned from his party's defeat in the Copeland by-election.
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Conservatives claim Copeland from Labour
The Conservative party have ousted Labour, from a seat they had held for decades. Trudy Harrison won a majority of more than 2,000.