Labour has easily won the Stretford and Urmston by-election, sparked after Kate Green resigned to take up the post of deputy mayor of Greater Manchester. Andrew Western is the newest MP, elected with a whopping 70% of the vote. The Tories fell by 11.7 points to just 15.9% of the votes. Their candidate got just 2,922 votes…

LAB: 69.6% (+9.3)
CON: 15.9% (-11.7)
GRN: 4.3% (+1.6)
LDEM: 3.6% (-2.4)
REF: 3.5% (+3.5)
REU: 1.3% (+1.3)
IND: 1.0% (+1.0)
FA: 0.4% (+0.4)
SDP: 0.4% (+0.4)

It’s the worst result for the Conservatives in this seat since it was formed in 1997…