Clwyd East general election result: meet new MP Becky Gittins

Labour’s general election candidate Becky Gittins has just been elected as the new MP for Clwyd East.

Gittins is a councillor on Coventry City Council, representing Earlsdon ward. She works as an industrial officer with the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS). She is from North Wales.

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The seat was a key battleground Labour that analysis suggests Labour had needed to win to secure an overall majority, assuming a uniform national swing.

To win the constituency, Labour had required a swing result of at least 5 percentage points from its tally at the 2019 general election.

Labour’s target seat list is not public, but this seat ranks 47 on LabourList‘s unofficial list of targets – based on the smallest swings required versus the 2019 election.

Nationally, experts suggest Labour needs a swing from the Tories of 8.2pp to be the largest party, 12.7pp to gain an overall majority and 13.8pp for a majority of 30+.

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