The new MP for Chester has said voters have sent a strong message that "Rishi Sunak's Conservatives no longer have a mandate to govern".Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour with a 10,974 vote majority, after the contest was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Christian Matheson, who resigned his Commons seat after complaints of "serious sexual misconduct" were upheld by a parliamentary watchdog.

The new MP for Chester has said voters have sent a strong message that "Rishi Sunak's Conservatives no longer have a mandate to govern".Local councillor Samantha Dixon re-won the seat for Labour with a 10,974 vote majority, after the contest was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Christian Matheson, who resigned his Commons seat after complaints of "serious sexual misconduct" were upheld by a parliamentary watchdog.