UK politics

Labour wins close Peterborough by-election

Name: Labour wins close Peterborough by-election
Uploaded: 2019-06-07T08:56:50.997Z
Duration: 57 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Brexit party candidate loses by 683 votes as Tories suffer latest setback

Labour has narrowly held on to its Peterborough seat in a UK parliamentary by-election, as the party fended off a challenge from Nigel Farage’s newly formed Brexit party and pushed the Conservatives into third place

June 7, 2019

Footage: Reuters

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ANNOUNCER: And I do hereby declare that Lisa Forbes is duly elected the member of Parliament for Peterborough.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

AUDIENCE: (CHANTING) Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! Lisa!

LISA FORBES: Despite differing opinions across our city, the fact that the Brexit party have been rejected here in Peterborough shows that the politics--

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

--shows that the politics of division will not win. This is a result for every community in Peterborough. Tonight's victory is significant, because it has shown that the politics of hope can win, regardless of the odds.