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Tories hold Old Bexley and Sidcup in by-election as Labour slash majority

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Tory Louie French has become the UK's newest MP following the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election. French took more than half the votes in the contest, which was triggered by the death of former Cabinet minister James Brokenshire.Turnout in the contest was just 34 per cent which is the lowest for a by-election since 2018.

The Tory majority was slashed from the almost 19,000 that Brokenshire had in 2019. French had a 4,478 vote cushion over Labour, with Keir Starmer's party's share of the vote increasing from 2019.Reform leader Richard Tice came in third, claiming his party was now "on the upward march".

French used his acceptance speech to pay tribute to his "good friend" Brokenshire, who died from lung cancer in October. He said: "This has

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