Reform UK has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by just six votes - an extremely narrow victory that will serve as a major boost to Nigel Farage’s party. The party claimed victory in the early hours of Friday morning with 12,

Nigel Farage hailed “a big moment” for Reform UK as his party claimed a bombshell by-election victory over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby.The result was declared at 6am on Friday and followed a recount after only four votes separated the two parties.

Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party snatched a battleground parliamentary seat from the governing Labour Party.