
Runcorn by-election battle tests Labour nerves
The by-election on 1 May will also be seen as a measure of the broader political mood that could set the tone in Westminster.
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Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Runcorn is on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. It is 15 miles (24 km) upstream from the port of Liverpool. The Runcorn built-up area had a population of 61,145 at the 2021 census.
The by-election on 1 May will also be seen as a measure of the broader political mood that could set the tone in Westminster.