Samantha Dixon beats Tory candidate Elizabeth Wardlaw in first electoral test of Rishi Sunak era
Labour have easily held the City of Chester following a byelection in the seat, winning by a majority of more than 10,000 votes in the first electoral test for Rishi Sunak.
Labour won 61.22% of the vote share (17,309 votes) which translates into a majority of 10,974. The Tories took just 22.4% (6,335 votes), with the Liberal Democrats a distant third on 2,368 votes. Voter turnout was verified early on Friday as 41.2% (or 28,541 votes), a sizeable drop on the 71.7% turnout (54,560 votes) in 2019.
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