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Runcorn and Helsby: Reform and Labour four votes apart as by-election goes to recount

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Runcorn and Helsby by-election has gone to a recount with Reform and Labour just four votes apart.

Party officials said the first tally put Nigel Farage's party ahead by a tiny margin.

By-election triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Mike Amesbury .

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