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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Reform party’s victories, Duke of Sussex’s defeat and Deliveroo’s takeover

10 May 2025

9:00 AM

10 May 2025

9:00 AM

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In a day that upset the apple cart of party politics, Reform won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes, with 38.72 per cent of the vote, compared with Labour’s 52.9 per cent last year. Of 1,641 wards in England up for election, Reform won 677. The Tories lost 676, winning only 317.

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