Batley and Spen: Sir Keir Starmer hails 'fantastic victory'

Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has praised newly-elected MP Kim Leadbeater's Labour win, in the Batley and Spen by-election.

Ms Leadbeater defeated her Conservative rival by 323 votes, and will now represent the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered there in 2016.

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