The Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater has won the Batley and Spen byelection, winning 13,296 votes with the Conservatives recording 12,973, a victory of just 323 votes. 
The tense campaign had been mired in accusations of dirty tricks and intimidatory tactics and takes place five years after the MP Jo Cox, Leadbeater’s older sister, was murdered in the constituency by a far-right terrorist
Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater wins narrow victory in Batley and Spen byelection
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