Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Amesbury |
| Majority | 6 (0.02%) |
| Mayor of Cheshire East | |
| In office 25 November 2021 – 19 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Barry Burkhill |
| Succeeded by | David Marren |
| Member of Cheshire East Council | |
| In office 2 May 2019 – 4 May 2023 | |
| Ward | Bunbury |
| Preceded by | Chris Green |
| Succeeded by | Rebecca Posnett |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 2 May 2019 | |
| Ward | Willaston & Rope |
| Preceded by | Brian Silvester |
| Succeeded by | Allen Gage |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Joanne Hyde 1969/1970 (age 56–57) |
| Political party | Reform UK (since 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (until 2020; 2022) Independent (2020–2022; 2022–2025) |
| Spouse(s) | Jonathan Pochin |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Loughborough University |
Sarah Joanne Pochin[1][a] (née Hyde; born June 1969) is a British Reform UK politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn and Helsby since 2025.
She currently holds the record for the smallest margin of victory in modern British by-election history, having won the 2025 May by-election by just six votes.[3][4] She is the first non-Labour MP elected in Runcorn in over fifty years.[5]
Notes
References
- ↑ "Runcorn and Helsby by-election results 2025". Halton Borough Council Newsroom. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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- ↑ Should There Be a Ban on Burkas in the Workplace?. Good Morning Britain. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Halliday, Josh (2 May 2025). "Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Reform win sets new record for smallest by-election majority since 1945". The National. 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ↑ Halliday, Josh; Quinn, Ben (2 May 2025). "'They really are all horrible': political anger marks Reform UK's Runcorn win". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2025.