WATCH: 'This is a very significant swing' Keir Starmer claims Blackpool South result 'truly historic'

WATCH: 'This is a very significant swing' Keir Starmer claims Blackpool South result 'truly historic'
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 03/05/2024

- 08:15

Updated: 03/05/2024

- 08:22

Labour has won the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election putting extra pressure on PM Rishi Sunak

Sir Keir Starmer has claimed that Labour's win in Blackpool South is a "very significant swing" after last nights by-elections.

Speaking to GB News the leader of the Labour Party said that he is "aiming for a victory" in 2024.

He said: "I think this is vindication that people can see that we are a changed party" and that "people are fed up of 14 years of the Tories."

Keir StarmerKeir Starmer reacts to the vote in Blackpool SouthGB News

He also added that the low turnout did not concern him.

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