#UK: Labour Party Loses Special Election

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The UK's Ruling Conservative Party has given Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party a thumping in a by-election in Northamptonshire.

Jason Smithers, the Tory leader of North Northamptonshire Council, hailed the victory in the Desborough by-election as an "excellent" result for the local party.

According to media, the Conservatives gained 47.3 percent of the vote, a 7.5 percentage point rise, against Labour's 33.6 percent (a six percent rise). The Greens won 11.7 percent and the Liberal Democrat Party gatnered 7.4 percent.

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