Jo Cox did more in her short life than most. Batley and Spen: Labour narrowly hold seat in by-election 2 July 2021 Batley and Spen by-election Kim Leadbeater: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''. One was the fact that Labour has struggled in by-elections recently and lost Hartlepool, for example. Added to that, of course, is that important date in everyone in Englands calendar: 21 June, when normal life and an end to coronavirus restrictions will come into being. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour candidate, in Huddersfield on Friday after winning the Batley and Spen election. Feeling so proud I could burst. ", "Conservatives choose Leeds councillor Ryan Stephenson as candidate for Batley and Spen by-election", "Reform UK has announced it will not stand a candidate in the Batley and Spen by-election", "Yorkshire Party reveals Batley and Spen by election candidate", "Batley and Spen by-election: Liberal Democrats announce candidate", "Wakefield councillor becomes new Lib Dem candidate for Batley and Spen by-election", "Batley and Spen by-election: Green Party select rugby player", "Green Party to replace Batley and Spen by-election candidate", "Greens drop Batley & Spen by-election candidate over homophobic tweets", "Penge 'Britain First' activist contesting by-election in Jo Cox's constituency", "Batley and Spen by-election candidates confirmed", "Plans given green light to transform Batley police station into new apartments", "Batley and Spen by-election: Labour leader Keir Starmer visits", "Batley and Spen by-election: PM Boris Johnson pledges to 'level up', "Boris Johnson meets West Yorkshire faith leaders in Batley to promote uptake of Covid-19 jab", "Wannabe Labour leader Keir Starmer got raucous reception in Batley this is what he said", "12 pictures of Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he visits Birstall", "Will Kim Leadbeater's campaign allow Labour to hold onto Batley and Spen? Campaigning in the constituency will be made more difficult due to coronavirus as it is within the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire. Ms Brabin held Batley and Spen for Labour with a reduced majority in the general election of 2019 - down to 3,525 from 8,961 in 2017. In the UK almost 85% have had a first dose and more than 63% have had two jabs. And the battle for votes has been further complicated by the arrival of former Bradford West MP George Galloway. And in my view it is better off risking that the advantages of a long campaign outweigh the drawbacks: not least because going the week before feels like an invitation to the government to bring the reopening forward a bit (which the clinical data suggests it could do). Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? [9][10] Elizabeth Peacock has been the constituency's only Conservative MP, serving from 1983 to 1997.
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