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Watch: New Runcorn and Helsby MP's victory speech

Reform UK's newest MP Sarah Pochin has promised to serve all of the people of Runcorn and Helsby following her by-election victory.

Following a dramatic recount, former Conservative councillor Pochin took the Cheshire constituency by just six votes, wiping out Labour's majority of more than 14,000 from last year's general election.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Mike Amesbury, who resigned after his conviction for assaulting a constituent.

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