The new MP for Chester has said voters have sent a strong message that “Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives no longer have a mandate to govern”.
Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour with a 10,974 vote majority, after the contest was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Christian Matheson, who resigned his Commons seat after complaints of “serious sexual misconduct” were upheld by a parliamentary watchdog.
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