Liberal Democrats sweep Coppice Valley, as voters reject the Tories in favour of the only party that can beat Reform

The result confirms what voters in Harrogate have been saying on the doorstep for months: this is now a straight fight between the Liberal Democrats and Reform.

The Conservatives had continued to collapse, while Reform UK finished second on 15.6%.

Full result:

•Liberal Democrat: 61.2% (+21.2%)

•Reform UK: 15.6% (-9.4%)

•Conservative: 12.5% (-4.5%)

•Labour: 5.1% (-4.9%)

•Green: 5.0% (-3.0%)

Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough said:

“Thank you to everyone in Coppice Valley who voted Liberal Democrat last night - including the many who normally back other parties but lent us their vote to the Lib Dems to keep Reform out.

“Rebecca McManus will be a fantastic local community champion. The trust people have shown in Rebecca and our party means everything, and we won’t take it for granted.

“This result shows just how irrelevant the Conservative Party has become in Harrogate.

“Under Kemi Badenoch, the Tories have chased Reform to the hard right, and voters can no longer tell the difference between the two parties.

“People here want a party that will stand up for our community, not one chasing headlines on the far-right fringes of British politics.

Again and again, voters are telling us that the Liberal Democrats are the only ones who can actually beat Reform in Harrogate - and last night they proved it.”