UK opposition Labour fights off Brexit Party to retain parliament seat

Britain's opposition Labour Party held on to the parliamentary seat of Pete...

Labour Party activists and supporters react after Labour Party candidate Lisa Forbes wins the Peterborough by-election at the KingsGate Centre in Peterborough, Britain June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Radburn

PETERBOROUGH, England - Britain’s opposition Labour Party held on to the parliamentary seat of Peterborough in eastern England on Friday, seeing off a challenge from Nigel Farage’s insurgent Brexit Party. The vote was triggered when the incumbent Labour lawmaker was ousted by her constituents in a recall petition. Labour candidate Lisa Forbes won with 10,484 votes, a majority of 683 over the Brexit Party that came second on 9,801 votes.

It was the bookmakers’ favorite to win in Peterborough, which supported Brexit by 61% to 39% in the 2016 referendum. “Despite differing opinions across our city, the fact that the Brexit Party have been rejected here in Peterborough shows that the politics of division will not win,” Labour’s Forbes said in her victory speech.

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