The Wellingborough by-election witnessed a significant swing from the Conservatives to Labour, marking it as the second largest of its kind since the Second World War with a 28.5% swing. The turnout was 38.1%, a decrease from 2019's 64.3%. Labour sources anticipated one of their biggest-ever swings, with the actual result surpassing the previous swing to Labour this Parliament, which was 23.7% in Tamworth last year, and is just shy of the all-time record set in Dudley West in 1994 with a 29.1% swing. The historical significance of this swing is noted as it is the second largest in any UK by-election in the post-war period, the biggest being 29 per cent when Dudley West elected Ian Pearson in 1994.
The 28.8 per cent swing from the Conservatives to Labour at Thursday's Wellingborough by-election is the second largest in any UK by-election in the post-war period, the biggest being 29 per cent when Dudley West elected Ian Pearson in 1994 https://t.co/SGtldxQvtv
The 28.8 per cent swing from the Conservatives to Labour at Thursday's Wellingborough by-election is the second largest in an any by-election held in the post-war period, the biggest being 29 per cent when Dudley West elected Ian Pearson in 1994 https://t.co/SGtldxQvtv
The swing from Conservative to Labour at Wellingborough was the second largest of its kind since the Second World War https://t.co/SiHDVEZJJ8
WELLINGBOROUGH: 28.5% swing. 2nd biggest in history. Background: • 28.5% is the biggest swing to Labour this Parliament - surpassing Tamworth (23.7%) in October last year. • It is just under the all time record set in Dudley West in 1994 (29.2%) 1/5
The swing from the Conservatives to Labour in Wellingborough was 28.5%. That’s the second largest swing from Tory to Labour at a by-election since the Second World War. #Wellingborough https://t.co/83tIzNQEZl
🚨 NEW: A turnout of 38.1% in the Wellingborough by-election - down 26.2% from 2019 (64.3%) Per @tamcohen, Labour sources are predicting one of their biggest-ever swings Their biggest swing to date was Dudley West's 29.1% in 1994, followed by Tamworth's 23.9% last year