Chased and heckled, but Jo Cox’s sister is unbowed in election fight

George Galloway has mounted an aggressive campaign in Batley and Spen. Can he prevent Labour winning?

It has been a testing few weeks for Kim Leadbeater, the Labour candidate in Batley and Spen, and her campaign team is looking for some light relief.

Leadbeater is the sister of the area’s former MP Jo Cox who was murdered in the constituency by a rightwing extremist in 2016, a few days before the EU referendum. Now she is trying to carry on the work that Cox had only just begun by retaining the seat for Labour in Thursday’s byelection.

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