The candidate for Reform U.K., the right-wing party of British lawmaker and ally of President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, won a parliamentary by-election by six votes, taking the seat from the governing Labour Party in a stunning political upset.

Nigel Farage declared Reform UK as the "real opposition" after a surprise sweep in UK local elections, including a historic by-election win. The right-wing party also captured mayoral and council seats,

Nigel Farage's populist, right-wing Reform UK party won a parliamentary seat in northwest England on Friday by the smallest ever margin in a parliamentary by-election in the country's history. Reform's Sarah Pochin beat Labour's candidate by just six votes.