trudy harrison, welcome to oui’ count. trudy harrison, welcome to our by—election special.t a conservative government has won it. why do you think you want? —— won? has won it. why do you think you want? -- won? what i represent is what the people of this area need andi what the people of this area need and i know that because i‘ve lived here all my life. and when did you realise this historic upset might happen? did you always think you are going to win, or to begin with did it seem it‘s an area of very high mountains, but was this a very high mountains, but was this a very high mountain you had to climb?m mountains, but was this a very high mountain you had to climb? it was a high mountain and it was really over the last three weeks, speaking with people on the doorstep, coming to realise that what the area needs isn‘t a single campaign, it‘s actually has cars a holistic plan, a stronger economy, improved infrastructure and better services. what indication is it that you are going to get any of that? well, i'm looking forward to heading down to westminster on monday to me

harrison trudy lim, 13,748.n the first by—election win by a governing party for more than 30 years, trudy harrison takes the cumbrian constituancy with a majority of more than 2,000. in stoke, labour keep their seat. ukip leader paul nuttall coming a distant second. we're live in both constituencies this morning and we have the latest reaction from the parties involved. good morning. it's friday, the 24th of february. also this morning: shock as leicester city sack their premiership—winning manager. it's no happy ever after for the fairytale of leicester city or claudio ranieri, as the manager who masterminded the most unlikely of premier league titles is dropped by the club. good morning. after weeks of front page campaigns and political protest, the government has promised help for thousands of companies facing sharp increases in the amount they pay in business rates. storm doris brought us near misses like this, and disruption to roads, rail and air travel. as many people try to complete their journeys, nick

harrison, trudy lynne, the conservative party candidate, 13,748.ut all that changed in a dramatic night as the conservatives took copeland by 2,000 votes. what has happened here tonight is a truly historic event. you'd have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. sack corbyn, sack corbyn! labour had said the vote was on a knife edge. in the aftermath of defeat, their departing candidate chose not to face questions. but this is a moment in history. the first time a conservative has represented the area since the 1930s. and, for them tonight, jubilation. but serious questions for labour underjeremy corbyn. theresa may made the rare move of visiting a by—election seat vacated by an opposition mp. it was a hard—fought campaign over nuclearjobs and hospital services. the result leaves labour assessing its electoral prospects. but there was better news for labour in the by—election in stoke—on—trent, another traditional seat for the party. they held on with a

harrison trudy lim, 13,748.ning party for more than 30 years, trudy harrison takes the cumbrian constituancy with a majority of more than 2,000. in stoke, labour keep their seat. ukip leader paul nuttall coming a distant second. we're live in both constituencies this morning and we have the latest reaction from the parties involved. good morning.

the reason that we won this by—election is also because we had such a fantastic candidate in trudy harrisont things. she actually rose up her sleeves and gets things done. and the people of copeland are going to see that they have elected a member of parliament who is going to listen to their concerns, razor boys to have the ear of government, and she will ensure that she delivers for the people of copeland. the conservative party will deliver for people across the country, a country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few, and trudy is going to be a fantastic member of parliament, delivering for the voters of copeland. trudy, many congratulations on a fantastic result, a wonderful victory. please, i'm sure you would like to say something to the people here. cheering i would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of copeland for voting for me, for having faith in me and also for the volu nteers having faith in me and also for the volunteers that have travelled from all over the country to help us win this historic election. i'm really looking forward to getting on wi

applause trudy harrison, the new conservative mpfor trudy harrison, the new conservative mp for copelandforta bly. have won this seat reasonably comfortably. i think the people who run the copeland by—election did a greatjob in keeping what was going on from everybody else, notjust the media but the candidates and parties, too. here is the crucial thing, the share of the vote. the conservatives' share is up, 8.5. labour are down, 5% below. as you can see, this was a two horse race. everybody else, far behind. the liberal democrats on 7%, up almost 496 liberal democrats on 7%, up almost 4% on the general election. the ukip vote down, collapsing 9%. although i don't know for sure, it may be that some of that 7% of the vote, there we go, there is the change, some of that could well have gone to the conservatives. it's a 6.7% swing from labour to conservatives. i'm going to say that again, because it is quite a remarkable result in a by—election for an opposition party to have lost two exiting conservative government —— to a sitting conservative government. a 6.7% swing to the conservatives,

new mp trudy harrison called it historic.the opposition party in an election like this. and in stoke on trent central labour gareth snell beat ukip's paul nuttall to hold the seat known as the capital of brexit. we will have all the political reaction to both by—elections. the morning after the

we recognise and trudy harrison, our candidate here in copeland, has made very clear to me the importancecy relies on the nuclear industry forjobs, sellafield is already here. that's one reason labour might struggle to keep this seat becausejeremy corbyn has spent his career sounding pretty cool about nuclear power. so it's just about the importance of the hospital. so labour's campaign focus is on the local nhs. we are having a threat of vital services being ta ken away from our hospital, relocated into carlisle, a0 miles away, and it's not safe. but isjeremy corbyn a hindrance to your campaign? he's got a muddled message on nuclear energy, does he speak to communities like this in copeland? look, i'm behind the nuclear industry, no ifs, no buts. close to sellafield is seascale, jeremy corbyn has said he backs the new plant, and it seems he needs to. i don't think he's pro—nuclear, in spite of everything he says, and this is our livelihood. it'll all comes down to the power station at moorside, but both parties are for moorside. does the nuclear issue sort of shape everyone's politics ar

trudy harrison from the conservatives and fiona mills from ukip.here seems to be some doubt. 20,000 jobs to connect —— connected to that. what would you do about that?” connect —— connected to that. what would you do about that? i would be working to make sure we secure the investment for the essential project. one of the other big issues is the hospital. plans to transfer services, eternity services, potentially, which may see pregnant woman having to travel 40 miles to carlisle under straitened circumstances. the prime minister said she had no problems with the plan. we can't expected to fight that, can we? the prime minister was misquoted. i was born at that hospital. i oppose the regime. i will be doing everything i can to support the services. isn't your party concentrating on stoke? we have a really good chance here. we have a really good chance here. we have lots of people campaigning with me. i'm looking forward to meeting them tomorrow and friday. me. i'm looking forward to meeting them tomorrow and fridayfi me. i'm looking forward to meeti

harrison, trudy. the conservative party candidate. 13,748. this really was an astonishing results.ch has been labour territory and that was created. what has happened here tonight is a truly historic event. you would have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. height the conservatives are jubilant. though new mp increased the party's share of the vote by more than 8%. the tories have seized on the result has a resounding endorsement of theresa may's leadership and policies, and an outright rejection of labour and jeremy corbyn. for them to lose a seat to the governing party, this has never happened before. and that is a show of the weight which the labour party is just out of contact with what people of thinking. the defeated labour candidate, gillian troughton, left without saying a word. the result has piled on the anguish for labour mps who fear their heading for defeat at the general election. jeremy corbyn has rejected suggestions he should step down i was elected to lead this par

harrison, trudy lynne. the conservative party candidate. 13,748. the conservatives are jubilant.of the vote by more than 8%. what has happened here tonight is a truly historic event. we have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. the defeated labour candidate, gillian troughton, left without saying a word. the result has piled on the anguish for the labour mps, who fear they are heading for defeat at the general election. jeremy corbyn has rejected suggestions he should step down. there was some comfort for labour. in stoke central, where campaigners saw off the threat from ukip to hold onto the seat. people came out, worked, knocked on doors and delivered a message about the economy, a message aboutjobs, a message about this country. above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over fear. what about copeland? the result has not stopped the questions about his leadership. have you looked in the mirror this morning and asked, could the problem actually be me? no. why not? thank you

harrison, trudy, the conservative party candidate. 13,748.bilant, their new mp increased the share of the vote, by 8%. what happened here tonight is a truly historic event, you would have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. the defeated labour candidate left without saying a word, the result has piled on the anguish for labour mps who fear they are heading for defeat at the general election. there was some comfort for labour in stoke central where labour saw off the threat from ukip to hold the seat. people came out, and gave a message about this country, jobs and the country, but above all it was a message that hope triumphs over fear. what about copeland mr corbyn? but it has not stopped the questions about mr corbyn‘s leadership. but it has not stopped the questions about mr corbyn's leadership. have you at any point this morning little southern mirror and ask yourself this problem, could the problem be me? no. why not? thank you for your q

harrison, trudy, the conservative party candidate. 13700 and 48., then yourmp the conservatives are jubilant, then your mp increased the share of the vote, by 8%. what happened here tonight is a truly historic event, he would have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. the defeated labour candidate left without saying a word, the result has piled on the anguish for labour mps who fear they are heading for defeat at the general election. jeremy corbyn has rejected suggestions he should step down. i was elected to lead this party, to oppose austerity and the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction which is what this government is doing, we will continue our campaigning work on the nhs and social care and housing. his words have done nothing to reassure critics in his party. this is a catastrophic defeat here in copeland. in circumstance is, in which, absolutely we should be winning. to have any hope of being able to form, the next labour governme

harrison, trudy, the conservative party candidate, 13700 and 48.stonishing result can victory for the tories in a seat that has been labour territory since it was created. what has happened here tonight is a truly historic event, you would have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. the conservatives are jubilant, venue mp increase the party share of the vote by more than 8%. the tories have seized on the result is a resounding endorsement on theresa may's leadership and policies and an outright rejection of labour under jeremy corbyn. for them to lose a seat to the governing party has never happened before. that is a show, of the way in which the labour party is just out of contact with what people are thinking. the defeated labour candidate julian trout and left without saying a word, the result, has piled on the anguish for labour mps who fear they are heading for defeat at the election. jeremy corbyn has rejected calls for him to step down. electio

new mp trudy harrison called it historic.hat has happened here tonight is a truly historical event. you would have to go back more than a century to find an example of the governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. and in stoke on trent central labour gareth snell beat ukip‘s paul nuttall to hold the seat known as the capital of brexit. we will have all the political reaction to both by—elections. the morning after the night before and a massive boost for theresa may while in stoke, a crunch question for ukip. are they on the ropes after they failed to beat labour in this big brexit red carpets are being rolled out ahead of the 89th we will be getting all the oscars gossip from la and chatting with showbiz columnist perez hilton about all the goings on in la la land. hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. we are going to talk to some of our leicester city super fans who made diaries for us about their beloved club and what they think about the man they thought