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Kim Leadbeater, sister of the murdered MP Jo Cox, and Labour leader Keir Starmer celebrate her narrow victory in the Batley and Spen by-election as her mother Jean Leadbeater looks on (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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George Galloway after Kim Leadbeater won the Batley and Spen by-election to represent the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Why George Galloway may have won so much of Batley and Spen by-election vote

Labour party leader Keir Starmer was celebrating with Kim Leadbeater in Clackheaton after she won the Batley and Spen by-election.

What next for Sir Keir Starmer as Labour hold Batley and Spen

Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater celebrates by a canal in Huddersfield after winning the Batley and Spen by-election. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Why Kim Leadbeater emerged as the people's champion in Batley and Spen

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (left) and Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater leave Cleckheaton Memorial Park during a visit following Labour's victory in the Batley and Spen by-election. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Sir Keir Starmer vows 'this is just the start' after Batley and Spen win

Nicola Sturgeon has congratulated Kim Leadbeater after her by-election victory.

Nicola Sturgeon congratulates new Labour MP Kim Leadbeater

Labour’s Shadow Scotland Secretary today hailed the result after Kim Leadbeater won Batley and Spen

Ian Murray says ‘politics of division defeated’ after Batley and Spen win

Kim Leadbeater walks along the canal path in Huddersfield after winning the Batley and Spen by-election and now representing the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016 picture: Danny Lawson

Kim Leadbeater thanks family and friends after securing Batley and Spen

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Labour: Keir Starmer moves top adviser after poor election performances

Jo Cox: Tributes pour in to mark the five years since the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox

Tributes pour in to mark the five years since the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox

A teacher has been suspended at Batley Grammer School after showing pupils a caricature of the prophet Muhammad (Getty Images)

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