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Here are the vote counts for the candidates in first, second and third place:

  • Hannah Spencer (Green Party): 14,980 votes
  • Matt Goodwin (Reform UK): 10,578 votes
  • Angeliki Stogia (Labour Party): 9,364 vote
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[โ€“] flamingos@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reform, the gracious losers, has been calling the vote fraudulent even before the results were out.

Goodwin has taken to ranting about a coalition of 'Islamists and woke progressives'. So no, I don't think he's going to take any lessons from this.

[โ€“] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 9 points 23 hours ago

At least I can safely say I haven't misjudged him!