United Kingdom Election

This is the moment Labour was announced victorious in the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election on Friday (3 May). In the contest triggered by the resignation of former Tory MP Scott Benton following a lobbying scandal, Labours Chris Webb secured 10,825 votes, a majority of 7,607. Tory David Jones came in second with 3,218 votes, just 117 ahead of Reform UKs Mark Butcher. Mr Webb said: People no longer trust the Conservatives. Prime Minister: do the decent thing, admit youve failed and call a general election. The 26.33 percent swing was the third biggest from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since the Second World War.

Watch Boris Johnson rubbish concerns about his voter ID law in resurfaced footage. The former prime minister fell foul of legislation he introduced himself on Thursday (2 May) when he was reportedly turned away from a polling station after failing to take photographic identification. Mr Johnson had been trying to cast his vote in the local elections in South Oxfordshire. In 2021, journalist Adam Bienkov asked the former PM if his voter ID plan was an attempt at voter suppression, but saw his concerns rubbished. Mr Johnson said that any worries were complete nonsense. Bringing ID to vote has been compulsory in the UK since the Elections Act 2022 took effect a year ago.