Keir Starmer’s party wins seat for first time since bellwether byelection in 1996

Labour has overturned a near 20,000-vote Conservative majority in Tamworth, winning the area for the first time since a bellwether byelection in 1996.

Labour’s Sarah Edwards received 11,719 votes ahead of Andrew Cooper, the Tory candidate, who received 10,403 – a majority of 1,316 for Labour. It was a 23.89% swing to Labour. Voter turnout was low at 35.87%, little more than half the 2019 turnout.