With Scott Benton's resignation, a by-election is scheduled for the Blackpool South seat on 2nd May:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Blackpool_South_by-election
Blackpool South was a Labour held seat for a couple of decades, but was part of the "Red Wall" wave of Parliamentary seats which went to the Tories in the 2019 election. Manifold users are expecting the seat to go back to Labour in the by-election - /SimonGrayson/which-party-will-win-the-blackpool
Who will come second in this seat? Will the Conservatives avoid embarrassing themselves? Will Reform UK have a strong showing in a seat that looks like it might be good for them? Will the Lib Dems or Greens make an impressive run? Or will Labour fall short and finish second?
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Labour - 10,825
Conservative - 3,218
Reform UK - 3,101
It was close, but the Tories scraped second place!