Blackpool South sees third biggest Tory to Labour by-election swing since war

Labour has now clocked up six by-election swings greater than 20 percentage points in the last 12 months.

The Blackpool South by-election saw one of the biggest swings from the Conservatives to Labour since the war

It is the third largest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since the Second World War. The largest ever by-election swing from the Conservatives to Labour since the war was 29.1 percentage points, at the Dudley West by-election in December 1994.

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