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UK: Jo Cox’s replacement Tracy Brabin heckled after winning by-election
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21.10.2016
Former Coronation Street actress and now Labour MP Tracy Brabin was announce as the winner of the Batley and Spen by-election, on Thursday, at Cathedral House in Huddersfield, taking over the position from Jo Cox, who was murdered outside her constituency surgery on June 16.
The labour candidate won in a landslide victory, winning 85 percent of the vote. All other major parties refused to take part, in respect for the deceased Jo Cox, though nine fringe parties, mostly from the far-right, did stand.
Brabin was subject to constant heckles from numerous attendees as she delivered her victory speech, in which she paid tribute to the late MP, stating "I hope Jo - I hope Jo will be proud tonight of our community, we have shown that we stand together, that we stand together choosing unity and hope."
Later in an interview, Brabin responded, "I feel I have got a mandate from the people of Batley and Spen, that they want to stand together and those people who took what was a terrible tragedy for us and our community and turned it into an opportunity to as you saw this evening get out there vile message well I am really glad that they have lost their deposits and that we can move on."
The labour candidate won in a landslide victory, winning 85 percent of the vote. All other major parties refused to take part, in respect for the deceased Jo Cox, though nine fringe parties, mostly from the far-right, did stand.
Brabin was subject to constant heckles from numerous attendees as she delivered her victory speech, in which she paid tribute to the late MP, stating "I hope Jo - I hope Jo will be proud tonight of our community, we have shown that we stand together, that we stand together choosing unity and hope."
Later in an interview, Brabin responded, "I feel I have got a mandate from the people of Batley and Spen, that they want to stand together and those people who took what was a terrible tragedy for us and our community and turned it into an opportunity to as you saw this evening get out there vile message well I am really glad that they have lost their deposits and that we can move on."
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