2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election
| Date | 1 May 2025 |
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The 2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election took place on 1 May 2025, the same day as local elections in England.
With 12,645 votes, Reform UK's Sarah Pochin won the by-election, overturning Labour's large majority by just six votes after a full recount.[1]
MP resigns
The constituency's Labour Party MP, Mike Amesbury, was sentenced on 24 February 2025 to ten weeks in prison for assault, which was reduced on appeal to a suspended sentence.
This would have triggered a recall petition, but Amesbury resigned his position on 17 March 2025.[2]
BBC bias
On 8 March 2025, Peter Ford, the Runcorn-born deputy leader of the Workers Party of Britain and a former British diplomat who was Ambassador to Syria and Bahrain, announced his intention to stand in Runcorn and Helsby.[3]
On 23 March 2025, Hussain Shafiei, National Election Coordinator for the WPGB, complained on The Crispin Flintoff Show that the BBC had still not reported that WPGB's Peter Ford – the first to announce his candidacy – was standing in the by-election.[4]
Candidates
A total of 15 people were vying to be the Cheshire constituency's next MP:
- English Democrats Catherine Blaiklock
- Liberal Dan Clarke
- Green Chris Copeman
- Liberal Democrats Paul Duffy
- Workers Party of Britain Peter Ford
- Official Monster Raving Loony Party Howling Laud Hope
- Conservative Sean Houlston
- Volt UK Jason Hughes
- Independent Alan McKie
- English Constitution Party Graham Harry Moore
- SDP Paul Murphy
- Reform UK Sarah Pochin
- Labour Karen Shore
- Rejoin EU John Stevens
- Independent Michael Williams[5]
By-election result
File:Runcorn and Helsby results.png
References
- ↑ "Runcorn and Helsby by-election results 2025 in full as Reform win seat"
- ↑ "Mike Amesbury tenders resignation as MP after ‘serious mistake’"
- ↑ "Labour picks Karen Shore to stand in Runcorn and Helsby"
- ↑ "Who are the candidates in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election?"
- ↑ "Full candidate list revealed for key by-election"
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