Like Sooty I found the turnout surprising in a high profile contest. Did people stay away as wilfull abstention? Covid a factor?
It will be interesting to see if there is any analysis of the numbers and how the turnout was distributed across the constituency.
Given that Galloway took 8,000 votes, the vast majority of them from Labour, it's a remarkable event. I'd expected Labour to lose by 2-3,000.
There will be an inquest in the Tory party who seemed, so the reports said, to be keeping a low profile and letting Galloway tear lumps off Labour. The total vote for candidates on the right was considerably in excess of Leadbeater's majority.
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