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| Labour wins Oldham West and Royton by-election | |
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| Labour candidate Jim McMahon has won the Oldham West and Royton by-election with a majority of more than 10,000. | |
| Mr McMahon increased Labour's vote share by over 7% from the general election, with UKIP in second and the Conservatives third. | |
| The by-election was triggered by the death of long-serving Labour MP Michael Meacher. | |
| Mr McMahon hailed the "staggering" result and said he had "delivered a result that Michael would be proud of". | |
| Labour was defending a 14,738 majority from May's general election, but the turnout - just over 40% - was lower than May's general election so its vote share went up. | |
| The by-election, the first of this Parliament, was the first major electoral test for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. | |
| Mr Corbyn, who was elected leader by more than half the party's membership, has faced criticism from some within his party, with few of his MPs having backed his leadership campaign. | |
| He described the result as a "vote of confidence in our party". |