LABOUR’s landslide election victory secured a 174-seat majority in last week’s General Election – the party’s biggest since 1997.
In a speech outside Number 10 Downing Street, new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said “you have given us a clear mandate, and we will use it to deliver change”.
The Labour leader – who visited Warrington just over five months ago – also said “our work is urgent” and “we begin it today”.
Among the party’s MPs who were victorious were Labour’s Sarah Hall in Warrington South, and Charlotte Nichols in Warrington North.
Warrington South MP Sarah Hall and Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols
Mrs Hall won the Warrington South seat with a majority of more than 11,300, as Conservative Andy Carter failed in his bid to serve another term.
Meanwhile, Ms Nichols won a second term as Warrington North MP after winning 18,730 votes.
Reform UK’s Trevor Nicholls came in second place with 9,540 votes, with Conservative Yasmin Al-Atroshi in third place with 6,486 votes.
Prior to this election, the last time Warrington turned red – with Labour MPs being elected in both of the town’s seats – was in 2017.
However, the last time when voters in the town returned two Labour MPs, and Labour also won a General Election and formed a Government, was in 2005.
This is when Tony Blair was the Labour leader – at the time, Helen Southworth retained the Warrington South seat, and Helen Jones retained the Warrington North seat.
Eight years earlier, in the 1997 General Election, the pair made history after becoming the town’s first all-women parliamentary line-up.
Helen Southworth, Helen Jones and the late Lord Doug Hoyle
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