Labour has selected Kim Leadbeater, sister of Jo Cox, who represented the seat before her murder by a right-wing extremist, as the party's candidate. This by-election is more winnable for Labour on paper, but mistakes that didnt matter in Hartlepool may well matter in Batley. [9][10] Elizabeth Peacock has been the constituency's only Conservative MP, serving from 1983 to 1997. It is blatant and anyone can see it. VideoThe secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, LGBT troops take love for Eurovision to front line, Why an Indian comedian is challenging fake news rules. Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. Jo Cox's widower Brendan Cox said Ms Leadbeater had been "incredibly brave" to put herself forward, and he was "incredibly proud" of her. Considered to be part of the "red wall", Batley and Spen has been held by Labour since the 1997 general election. It looks as though it will attract the dregs of political life with George Galloway and Jayden. By Anoosh Chakelian (Photo By Christopher Furlong/Getty) Sixteen candidates in total ran in contest. The vote was triggered after the previous Labour MP for the seat, Tracy Brabin, became West Yorkshire's first elected mayor in May. Labour's Kim Leadbeater has narrowly won the Batley and Spen by-election following a bitter campaign. So we have to sort it out. 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While much of his message was aimed at Galloway, Starmer condemned the Conservatives for believing they could sit back, say nothing about harassment, and walk in. It would be a painful result for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer - but not necessarily unexpected. Ms Brabin won the seat in 2019 with a 3,525 . AVForums.com is owned and operated by M2N Limited, You are using an out of date browser. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. [35] Fransen had previously stood as a candidate for the seat of Rochester and Strood in Kent, the London Assembly in 2016, and the Scottish Parliament in 2021. Is climate change killing Australian wine? She was appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 10 May, vacating her Commons seat. ", "Batley and Spen by-election set for July 1", "Batley and Spen by-election to be held on 1 July", "Former Bradford West MP George Galloway announces that his party will stand in Batley and Spen by-election", "Ex-Labour MP George Galloway joins Batley and Spen byelection race", "Jo Cox's sister considering standing for Labour in Batley and Spen", "Jo Cox: Murdered MP's sister plans to stand in Batley and Spen", "Jo Cox's sister selected as Labour candidate for Batley and Spen byelection", "Labour candidate for Batley by-election has only just joined the party", "Batley and Spen by-election: are Muslim voters the next brick to crumble in Labour's red wall? She's fending off a challenge from Tory candidate Ryan Stephenson and could also lose votes to the former Labour MP George Galloway, who is now standing for the Workers Party of Britain. Your new guide to the best writing on ideas, politics, books and culture each weekend - from the New Statesman. Another was George Galloway, who took votes from traditional Labour voters in Batley and Spen's sizeable Asian community. Anyone can read what you share. A poll ahead of the vote by Survation put the Conservatives on 47 per cent of the vote, with Labour on 41. Its a handy way that people with cave-man views identify themselves. The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. We fought an incredibly positive campaign and did very well to reduce a long standing Labour majority, several decades old, to 323, with the third biggest swing in favour of the government since the war. Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Mr. Johnsons Conservative Party has succeeded in winning over many of Labours core voters in working-class communities in the north and middle of England. 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And in my view it is better off risking that the advantages of a long campaign outweigh the drawbacks: not least because going the week before feels like an invitation to the government to bring the reopening forward a bit (which the clinical data suggests it could do). Leadbeater is the sister of Jo Cox, who had been the MP for the seat before she was murdered in the constituency in 2016. Speaking outside the count, Mr Galloway said he would apply to have the result set aside by the courts, citing a "false statement" made about him during the campaign. [75], Galloway himself vowed to challenge the result on the basis of an alleged "false statement" made about him by Leadbeater and Starmer, which he claimed tipped the result of the by-election.[76]. Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson came second with 12,973, with former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway third with 8,264. It had been tipped for July 22nd but will actually be held on July 1st. [6] The seat's largest town, Batley, has a sizeable number of residents with South Asian backgrounds: Pakistani (9.2%) and Indian (15.9%) (mostly Gujarati), according to the 2001 census. When the count was completed early Friday, Ms. Leadbeater won 13,296 votes, Mr. Stephenson was in second place with 12,973 and Mr. Galloway third with 8,264. And in the middle of this ugly cacophony stood a newcomer to politics whose sister was murdered in this constituency just five years ago. That result added weight to the idea that support for Labour had collapsed in the red wall, former industrial areas of England in which Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservatives have been making big inroads. Ms Brabin held Batley and Spen for Labour with a reduced majority in the general election of 2019 - down to 3,525 from 8,961 in 2017. Five years after Jo Cox MP was murdered in her constituency, her sister is standing for Labour in a crucial byelection there. ITV News Political Correspondent Libby Wiener reports on the by-election in Batley and Spen. It sets up another by-election in a Labour seat that had a large third-placed vote for a pro-Brexit party in the 2019election albeit, in this case, represented by the Heavy Woollen Independents, one of a number of local Ukip parties to enjoy a fairly successful second life as independents following the Brexit vote. The local elections showed a close fight between the Conservatives and Labour, superficially putting the contest on a knife-edge. Speaking to Sky News, Starmer sought to more explicitly link a victory of hope over division and decency over hatred to the government, saying a number of Tory voters had switched to Labour. Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? Danny Lawson/Press Association, via Associated Press, his party lost a by-election in Hartlepool. Polling booths opened at 07:00 BST and will remain open for people to cast their ballot until 22:00 BST. The Batley and Spen by election has seen a mammoth 16 candidates battling for votes. His campaign sought to win support from voters unhappy at the party's stance on issues including the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and the disputed territory of Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan. Her election as MP for Batley and Spen on Friday morning followed one of the most divisive byelection campaigns for decades. This cannot be achieved by chasing a fixed centre ground of the broadly satisfied, something which no longer exists. [20] On 27 May, he announced that he would be the Workers Party candidate. But the fact remains that winning a general election today requires 40% or more of the vote. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. The fact that hasn't happened means his supporters are in a pretty good mood this morning. Officially, it's been a short and swift. After defeating her Conservative rival by just 323 votes, she said constituents had "rejected division" and "voted for hope". The deadline for new proxy vote applications was 16 June. Votes cast in the by-election will be counted in nearby Huddersfield with a result expected on Friday morning, The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. [21], On 12 May, The Guardian reported that Jo Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater, and former Labour MP Paula Sherriff were among Labour's potential candidates. Read more from my colleagues Maya Wolfe-Robinson, Peter Walker and Heather Stewart: Ive got a bloody long list here, lads, said Kim Leadbeater as she bounded away from a voter in the early days of the Batley and Spen byelection campaign. George Galloway, who stood under the banner of his Workers Party of Britain with the explicit aim of splitting the Labour vote and destabilising Starmers leadership, came third with 8,264 votes. In elections that were very good for the Greens and not too bad for the Liberal Democrats across the rest of the UK, Labour confined the Greens (who did not stand in Hartlepool last time) to just 1.2 per cent of the vote and squeezed the Liberal Democrats to below even that. And we did so by showing that when we are true to our values decency, honesty, committed to improving lives then Labour can win., Labour Holds On to U.K. Parliament Seat, Easing Pressure on Its Leader, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/world/europe/labor-by-election-victory-batley-and-spen.html. [45] She said "I am the only person out of the 16 candidates that lives in Batley and Spen" and "I have a proven track record of getting things done at a local level and an established reputation for working for all parts of the community." She said the recent resignation of Matt Hancock as health secretary after breaking social distancing rules was "one of a number of different issues that came up" that had been raised by voters on the doorstep. 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"Britain first" were the words used by the murderer of Cox, although the organisation denied any connection to themselves. This is a seat that HOPE not hate supporters know well from our work with former MP Jo Cox, who was tragically murdered by a far-right terrorist in 2016. He mostly targeted the voters in the Spen Valley rural towns, away from Batley, who until 1997 held a majority in the constituency for the Conservatives. With a majority of just 3,500 the vote is seen as a key test for Keir Starmer's leadership - as well as a sign of whether the . We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. ITV News Political Correspondent Libby Wiener reports on the by-election in Batley and Spen. In the 2016 EU referendum, Batley and Spen voted 60% in favour of Brexit.[8]. Andrew Scattergood, co-chair of the Momentum campaign set up to campaign for former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour could not "portray this as a massive victory". Johnson has said sporting events are being opened up in a very careful and controlled manner after Merkel expressed concern about the numbers attending Euro 2020 matches at Wembley. The party leadership imposed a poor candidate who looks to have done worse relative to his opponent than either the Hartlepool Labour Party on the council, than Jessie Joe Jacobs against Ben Houchen in the Tees Valley mayoral election, or the Labour candidate in the police and crime commissioner race. Expect a lot of journalists to be googling Batley this morning. [3][4] The by-election was the fourth of the 58th Parliament, elected in 2019.[5]. According to the bookies Ladbrokes the Tories were overwhelming favourites to gain the seat, giving them odds of 1/5, with Labours Leadbeater chalked up at 7/2 for a much-needed Labour victory. This website uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. [26], On 26 May, the Yorkshire Party announced that its members had voted for Corey Robinson, a senior medical research engineer who spent his childhood in the constituency, to be their candidate. The result will ease pressure on Labour leader Keir Starmer after recent election defeats for his party. Batley and Spen By-Election: Labour set to lose another brick in their crumbling Red Wall Paul Krishnamurty 04 June 2021 The Tories haven't won Batley and Spen since 1992 Join View market Twitter Facebook Reddit WhatsApp Telegram View the Betslip Another pivotal by-election is looming in Labour's Red Wall. An ethnically diverse seat, about 20% of the population is from an Asian background, with just under 19% being Muslim. All rights reserved. [16][17], The deadline for nominations was 7 June. It was triggered after the previous MP Tracy Brabin had to stand down when she was elected as West Yorkshire's mayor. The election this week of the sister of Jo Cox, a lawmaker who was killed in 2016, was seen as a victory for Labours leader in a region where Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservatives had made big inroads. The back-rower is off-contract at the end of the season. Other towns in the Spen Valley part of the constituency include Birstall, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Liversedge and Gomersal. Voters in the constituency went to the polls on July 1, 2021, to elect a new MP. Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. Sir Keir, who welcomed it as a "fantastic result", will head to the seat on Friday to congratulate his party's victorious candidate. The No. The seat was held by Labour with their candidate Kim Leadbeater being returned to Parliament. Merkel says the Delta variant of Covid-19 is increasing very rapidly in Germany. [11], On 6 May 2021, Brabin won the inaugural election for the Mayor of West Yorkshire. Speaking to activists and the media in the constituency, Starmer condemned the abuse Leadbeater had faced during the campaign, saying others had poisoned it with hatred, division, disinformation, lies, harassment, threats and intimidation. The Conservatives have selected Ryan Stephenson, a Leeds councillor, as their candidate. I remember well the by election when Jo Cox was murdered and all the main parties, even UKIP, pulled out of standing, out of respect. "It was a very bruising and pretty horrible campaign at times," he added. He denies his aim is to split the Labour vote but it could mean the Tories could take the seat for the first time in nearly 25 years. Leadbeater, the sister of Jo Cox, who represented the seat from 2015 until her murder by a far-right extremist in 2016, took 13,296 votes, against 12,973 for the Tory candidate, Ryan Stephenson. [58] On 27 June, former MP Tracy Brabin and a group of Labour campaigners were attacked by three men. [13][14] However, Stephen Bush from the New Statesman argued that Labour were in a stronger position in Batley and Spen than in Hartlepool. 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