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Pro-Palestine candidate Adnan Hussain defeats Labour in Blackburn
5 July 2024 23:16 BST
Independent candidate Adnan Hussain unseated Labour's Kate Hollern in the northwestern ex-industrial town of Blackburn on Friday, in a sign that the Labour Party's position on the war on Gaza proved divisive and disastrous amongst many voters.
The political novice managed to secure 10,518 votes, winning by the slim margin of just 132 to Hollern's 10,386 votes.
Former British ambassador Craig Murray, who also stood on a pro-Gaza platform for George Galloway's Workers Party, came in third place with 7,105 votes.
The seat in northwestern Blackburn had been represented by Labour for 69 years.
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