Brexit Party fails to win first seat in UK by-election

Brexit Party fails to win first seat in UK by-election

Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party failed to win its first seat in Britain’s Parliament as it lost out to the main opposition Labour Party in a crunch by-election, results on Friday showed

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, June 07, 2019, 10:18 PM IST
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Newly-elected UK Independence Party (UKIP) MP Douglas Carswell (L) and party leader Nigel Farage pose for pictures outside the party's local office in Clacton-on-Sea, in eastern England. |

Peterborough: Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party failed to win its first seat in Britain’s Parliament as it lost out to the main opposition Labour Party in a crunch by-election, results on Friday showed. The poll in the eastern English city of Peterborough was triggered after the sitting MP, Fiona Onasanya, was dumped by voters after being jailed for lying over a speeding offence.

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