By-elections · Thursday 1 May 2025

Runcorn and Helsby by-election 2025

Sarah Joanne Pochin (Reform UK) won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election on 1 May 2025, gaining the seat from Labour with a majority of 6. Full result, turnout and swing.

Majority: 60.02%
Turnout: 46.2%59.7% at the previous election
Electorate: 70,666
Swing: 17.4 ptsLab to Ref
Result: RUK gain from Lab

Result
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Change
Sarah Joanne Pochin Elected	Reform UK	12,645	38.7%	+20.6
Karen Louise Shore	Labour	12,639	38.7%	−14.2
Sean Houlston	Conservative	2,341	7.2%	−8.8
Chris Copeman	Green	2,314	7.1%	+0.7
Paul Michael Duffy	Liberal Democrats	942	2.9%	−2.2
Dan Clarke	Liberal	454	1.4%	+0.3
Michael Williams	Independent	363	1.1%	+1.9
Alan McKie	Independent	269	0.8%
Peter Ford	Workers Party of Britain	164	0.5%	+0.5
John Stevens	Rejoin EU	129	0.4%	+0.4
Howling Laud Hope	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	128	0.4%	+0.4
Catherine Anne Blaiklock	English Democrats	95	0.3%	+0.3
Paul Andrew Murphy	Social Democratic Party	68	0.2%	−0.1
Jason Philip Hughes	Volt United Kingdom	54	0.2%	+0.2
Graham Harry Moore	English Constitution Party	50	0.2%	+0.2
Valid votes		32,655
Majority		6	0.02%

Change compared with the 2024 general election in Runcorn and Helsby.

Writ issued 26 March 2025. 59th Parliament.

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Questions and answers

Who won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election?

Sarah Joanne Pochin (Reform UK) won on 1 May 2025 with 12,645 votes (38.7%), a majority of 6.

What was the turnout at the Runcorn and Helsby by-election?

46.2% of registered electors cast a valid vote.

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