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By Election Betting In Batley And Spen
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Bookmakers get By-Election result drastically wrong as Labour holds Batley and Spen.
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Certain bookies offered Labour at 4/1 in what was in truth a two-horse race.
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Sir Keir Starmer can breathe more easily after this narrow win.
| Party | 2021 Result |
|---|---|
| Labour
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13,296
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| Conservative | 12,973 |
| Workers Party | 8,264 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,254 |
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Batley And Spen General Election Result 2019
The Pennines constituency as we know it today was created in 1997 when the boundaries were amended.
In the 2019 General Election Labour beat the Conservatives by three and half thousand votes, although they lost a 12% share of the vote.
In 2021 the outcome looks in the balance and again like Hartlepool it will be a measure of the party leader's popularity.
| Party | Candidate | Votes -0000's |
|---|---|---|
| Labour-Co-Op | Tracy Brabin | 22.594 |
| Conservative | Mark Brooks | 19.069 |
| Heavy Wollen District Independents | Paul Halloran | 6.432 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Lawson | 2.462 |
| Brexit Party | Clive Minihan | 1.678 |
| Green | Ty Akram | 692 |
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Batley And Spen Election History
The reason we have a by-election in Batley and Spen is that the sitting MP Tracy Brabin was elected as West Yorkshire Metro Mayor.
She became MP after Jo Cox was tragically murdered by a far-right constituent.
In 2016 other parties stood aside in the By-Election as a mark of respect to Jo Cox.
| Party | MP | Date |
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| Labour | Tracy Brabin | 2016 - 2021 |
| Labour | Jo Cox | 2015 -2016 |
| Labour | Mike Wood | 1997-2015 |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Peacock
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1983-1997 |
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