the conservative candidate was helen harrison.ndidate was helen harrison. iyfi ii be back in fighting them for candidate was helen harrison. iw ii. be back in fighting them for the general election. she is the partner of peter bone, who was thrown out for allegations of bullying and misconduct, which she denies. party bosses were quick to blame him for the skill of the defeat. the bosses were quick to blame him for the skill of the defeat.— the skill of the defeat. the results here are kingswood _ the skill of the defeat. the results here are kingswood was _ the skill of the defeat. the results here are kingswood was a - the skill of the defeat. the results here are kingswood was a bit - the skill of the defeat. the results here are kingswood was a bit less| here are kingswood was a bit less spectacular than i was in wellingborough and there was no underlying scandal. in some ways this result could be more significant because in this tape is my 50 year history, the party that usually wins in kingswood also wins the general election

i'm helen harrison. _ economy urgently. i'm helen harrison, the _ economy urgently.vative candidate for the wellingborough by—election that takes place on the 15th of february. i'm campaigning to stop the boats, improve our local nhs by making sure we get the kettering general hospital rebuild done as fast as possible, and get an urgent care centre for our constituency in wellingborough, and to get our roads fix. we need to get the potholes failed, with e2 fix. we need to get the potholes failed, with £2 million extra from the government, and make sure we get the government, and make sure we get the bypass done. i’m the government, and make sure we get the bypass done-— the bypass done. i'm jenny kitchen. i am the labour _ the bypass done. i'm jenny kitchen. i am the labour candidate _ the bypass done. i'm jenny kitchen. i am the labour candidate for- the bypass done. i'm jenny kitchen. i am the labour candidate for the i i am the labour candidate for the upcoming — i am the labour candidate for the upcoming wellingborough by—election. it is important to me because i

applause helen harrison, the conservative party candidate, 7408 votes.pplause ankit love jknpp jay mala postmortem, 18 votes. applause gen kitchen, labour party, 13,844 votes. cheering alex merola, britain first, 477 votes. will norris, green party, 1020 votes. applause andre pyne—bailey, independent, 172 votes. marion turner—hawes 1115 votes. cheering kevin watts, independent, 533 votes. the number of ballot papers rejected was as follows. for want of an official mark, none. voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to, 14. writing or mark by which the voter could not be identified, none. being unmarked or wholly void, 61. rejected in part, none. the total number of ballot papers that was rejected was 75. vacant seats, one. electorate, 79,376. ballot papers issues, 30,231. turnout, 38.1%. and i do hereby declare that gen kitchen of the labour party is duly elected. studio: so labour have won the wellingborough by—election, and we will now hear the winning candidate, gen kitchen, for labour, give a speech. i invite the winning — labour, give

there you can see the labour candidate, jan kitchen, the tory candidate, helen harrison — she's actuallys the former conservative mp for willingboro, and she had a majority of 18,540. you can also see nick the flying brick with that giant hat, he's a candidate for the official monster raving loony party at if you followed british elections, you'll know that party for many decades has stood candidates in a number of constituencies and they decided to stand nick the flying brick in this one in willingboro. there are also a number of independent candidates also standing in the willingboro by—election. we are expecting something very shortly, there was a short limited recall of two trays of ballots in willingboro but that has now been completed and we will expect the results shortly. it is 4am, you are watching bbc news, i'm nicky schiller bring you coverage of the two by—elections that have been taking place in the united kingdom. labour won labourwon in labour won in kingswood in gloucestershire. keir starmer said it was a fantastic result that shows people are ready to put their trust in

but perhaps there's been an upset with helen harrison . um, upset with helen harrison.ervatives swing against the conservatives here in wellingborough, they would fall just short. however, i think labour will i still think labour will prevail because it's my guess that reform uk vote will be that the reform uk vote will be measurably higher as a percentage than it was in kingswood. this is where they've put their behind ben put their efforts behind ben habib. labour win habib. so narrow labour win would be prediction still. would be my prediction still. and of course like you tom, i'm trying to read the faces trying to read into the faces and the smiles of and the frowns and the smiles of the various. it's a fool's game monster raving candidate monster raving loony candidate is so is permanently beaming. so maybe, he pulled off maybe, oh, maybe he pulled off a shock. >> maybe he's won. uh, but we should say are also local should say there are also local factors regards to this factors with regards to this election are possibly, election that are possibly, uh, more perti

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trying to tap into for is the conservative campaign especially in wellingborough was a focus on helen harrisonngswood a big focus on protecting the green belt but what i was hearing was the broken things that people want to see fixed. people do not attribute that to a combination of the war in ukraine and the pandemic and the subsequent rise in prices. they are not buying that now? it’s rise in prices. they are not buying that now? �* , ., ., , ., ., that now? it's not that they are not bu in: it, that now? it's not that they are not buying it. peeple — that now? it's not that they are not buying it, people understand - that now? it's not that they are not buying it, people understand there| buying it, people understand there have been massive shocks that the country was not expecting but at the end of the day, it's down to how people feel in their day—to—day life. i used to work at the yorkshire post and i worked there during the 2019 general election when levelling up was the promise of the day and at that point the question was whether people feel better off at the next election and i think

two months after the door closed on peter bone's political career, his partner, tory candidate helen harrisonr in its failure. labour has won the - wellingborough byelection... there were two extraordinary wins in one night for keir starmer�*s party. and in wellingborough, reform uk secured 13% of the vote. their candidate had a spring in his step. and it wasn't just the caffeine. remarkable. we're an insurgent party and we've more than doubled our vote take in a few months. you extrapolate that out and we'll be in government, you know, before you can say robert's your father's brother. really? well, if you extrapolate that out. but you think that's going to happen? no. ben habib senses revolution in the air and wants to challenge what he sees as the status quo. so you're trying to out—conservative the conservatives. it is a very low bar to out—conservative the conservatives, in fact, it's not a bar at all. they're socialists. soon after this town turned red, labour put on another show of celebration for the media. historic wins are almost becoming a habit. labour's national campaign machine

helen harrison, the conservative party candidate, as his — conservative party candidate, as his partneruency to campaign. into the constituency to campaign-— into the constituency to cam-iain. ., ., ,, campaign. know, and i think there was a _ campaign. know, and i think there was a stark _ campaign. know, and i think there was a stark contrast i campaign. know, and i think. there was a stark contrast with labour, — there was a stark contrast with labour, because this week we had sir— labour, because this week we had sir keir starmer, the labour— had sir keir starmer, the labour leader, he was here on tuesday. — labour leader, he was here on tuesday, today getting the vote at wat _ tuesday, today getting the vote at wat yvette cooper, labour's shadow _ at wat yvette cooper, labour's shadow home secretary, so there is a big _ shadow home secretary, so there is a big contrast, i suppose between _ is a big contrast, i suppose between the labour party who threw — between the labour party who threw quite a few front benches at their— threw quite a few front benches at their seat, they asked

they are lib dem are anna savage, gun lib dem benabib uk helen benabib reform uk helen harrison.evin watts, morris, green party kevin watts, independent andrew pyne, bailey, independent andrew pyne, bailey, independent marion turner hawes, independent. nick the flying brick monster , raving loony brick monster, raving loony party, jen kitchen, labour party , alex merola, britain first, ankit, love, j. malala, post—mortem , independent i think post—mortem, independent i think that's the lot well done andrew. >> still to come do stay with us. we're going to be talking about king charles who made his first public outing since his cancer diagnosis yesterday . hey, cancer diagnosis yesterday. hey, we're going to be getting the latest for you from the royal household. this is britain's newsroom on radio. >> hi rishi here. as prime minister, i'm focussed on delivering your priorities . so delivering your priorities. so tonight i'll be on the road to join gb news for a special people's forum where i'll be taking questions from a live audience about the issues that really matter to you th

and i'll general harrison, if helen and general harrison, if helen harrison stands for the conservativesh out because reform is to watch out because reform is not stopping here. as said, not stopping here. as i said, this is a bridgehead. we're going use it to come forward going to use it to come forward again people of course, again a lot of people of course, are as night follows day are sure as night follows day are sure as night follows day are saying that reform is simply splitting and letting splitting the vote and letting the in. the labour party in. >> um, is that true? is there anything in that? is there a feeling that what you're doing by away the conservative by taking away the conservative votes, would see it, is votes, as they would see it, is handing the to number 10 to handing the keys to number 10 to sir keir starmer? >> well, to me that the >> well, it seems to me that the conservative views anyone conservative party views anyone that takes vote splitting conservative party views anyone thatvote.s vote splitting the vote. >> they biggest of >> they the biggest split of vo

helen harrison for the conservatives um will morris , will morris for um will morris, will morris forreen party and kevin watts for the independent. i think i left out labour. what's the name there ? is it jen. there? is it jen. >> kitchen. kitchen yeah . >> kitchen. kitchen yeah. >> kitchen. kitchen yeah. >> sorry about that. that's all right . list. right. list. >> the monitor is very far away. >> the monitor is very far away. >> it's very honestly squinting . >> it's very honestly squinting. >> it's very honestly squinting. >> yeah. do you need glasses? no i've been lasered. >> oh have you been lasered? >> oh have you been lasered? >> i've just been. yeah i was telling you the other week i was squinting a lot. oh yes. i have ordered new glasses. oh. >> very exciting. >> very exciting. >> i'm excited. >> i'm very excited. >> i'm very excited. >> just much that cost you? >> just much has that cost you? >> just much has that cost you? >> nearly £500. yeah for two pairs though. but it's one of those because they're very vocals and i've got odd eyesight. so it's costs a lot of money doe

fact that the tory candidate was actually the former mp peter bones harrison bones girlfriend, helen harrisonght. >> well, peter bone , an odd >> well, peter bone, an odd character, he he does have his fans still here and some of the some of the local people have said he was poorly treated dunng said he was poorly treated during this campaign. but it's right. a lot of other people have said this. this just stinks . it doesn't make sense that the man stands down and is immediately replaced by his girlfriend, and then we don't hear from her. in fact, the conservative party themselves at central office were very reluctant to come up here and campaign for helen harrison. i'm told, because it was it felt like they, the local association, had made a mistake in selecting her in the first place. so that certainly didn't help. but i don't think it's the full story. i think regardless of the candidate, the conservatives would have really struggled to overturn the klein narrative that has been building for the last couple of years. >> okay, adam cherry, thanks very much indeed. overcast there in welling

the flying brick delves raving loony party ben habib, reform uk helen harrison, conservative party jenorris, green party , andrew pine morris, green party, andrew pine bailey, independent anna sadiq khan, liberal democrat marion turner hawes, independent kevin watts, independent. okay. do stay with us on britain's newsroom. still to come sir keir starmer under huge pressure as he vows to take decisive action on anti—semitism within his party. but is he doing it fast enough ? this is britain's enough? this is britain's newsroom on radio. and it's 1022 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson >> we are joined this morning. good morning to you both by former labour mp stephen pound and broadcaster mike parry. and there is plenty to get through. shapps, where are we going to start, mike? >> i think we should ask stephen pound first to defend the indefensible or have go. indefensible or have a go. stephen, i hopeless response no , stephen, i hopeless response no, i mean i would say it could have been done a bit quicker. >> what what he'd done should be done quick

brick delves monster the flying brick delves monster raving loony party ben habib, reform uk helen harrisonlove, jay malla post—mortem , independent malla post—mortem, independent alex merola , britain first, will alex merola, britain first, will morris , green party, andre pine, morris, green party, andre pine, bailey, independent and savage gun, liberal democrat marion turner hawes, independent kevin watts, independent. >> ooh! still to come . we're >> ooh! still to come. we're going to be crossing over to manchester next where there are plenty of sweet treats on offer because pancake day and because it's pancake day and pip's got a really great pancake day joke. >> do you want to tell it >> oh, do you want me to tell it again? go on now. >> how can we make you wait for it? >> don't put people out or get people. people? >> do you make spence? >> how do you make spence? >> how do you make spence? >> you make a pancake ? >> how do you make a pancake? smile? don't know, butter him smile? i don't know, butter him up. boom boom . okay, and on that up. boom boom. okay, and on that note , uh, i'

liberal democrat ben habib, reform uk helen harrison, conservative.tcher , labour, alex jen kitcher, labour, alex merola, britain first, will morris green party andre pyne , morris green party andre pyne, bailey, independent. marion turner hawes, independent and also kevin watts as an independent. and you can find out who wins the key by elections in wellingborough and kingswood in a special gb news programme. vote 2024. the people decide and that will be presented by our very own tom harwood from midnight tomorrow night. right here on gb news and nigel farage will be one of the special guests on that show. all the results from those two crucial by elections live as they come in now. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. our economics and business editor, liam halligan, will tell us what today's inflation news means for the poundin inflation news means for the pound in your pockets . but pound in your pockets. but first, it's time for legal news headunes first, it's time for legal news headlines with tatiana sanchez . martin. >> thank

party, right ben habib, friend of show habib, friend of this show reform harrison , reform uk helen harrisonnkit love um jen labour party. ankit love um jen jay mala post—mortem independent and alex merola , britain first, and alex merola, britain first, will morris , the green party, will morris, the green party, andre pyne bailey, independent, anna savage, gun, liberal democrats marion turner hawes , democrats marion turner hawes, independent kevin watts, independent kevin watts, independent okay, why does no one just have a plain name nowadays? bannau smith or whatever? why is everybody got double barrelled names ? double barrelled names? >> do you know? i don't actually know double barrelled name. >> it's a thing. >> it's a thing. >> maybe it's people not wanting to up their names and they to give up their names and they get married. >> yes. yeah. it could well be, could well be. so what will you give up your name when you're married? i don't know yet. >> i think that's the point of contention. i don't what contention. i don't know what that means. >> that means you're thinking about wel