Labour on Batley and Spen victory - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Labour narrowly won the Batley and Spen by-election holding off the Conservatives after a bitter campaign.

The new MP Kim Leadbeater took 13,296 votes - 323 more than the Tories.

Nick Robinson heard from Ms Leadbeater, who now represents the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, and spoke to Diane Abbott, Labour MP and former shadow home secretary, and Lord Mandelson, former Labour Cabinet minister and co-founder of New Labour.

(Image: Kim Leadbeater and Sir Keir Starmer; Credit: PA)

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