The Liberals have won the Darling Range by-election in Western Australia, regaining the seat vacated by former Labor-turned-independent MP Barry Urban.
Premier Mark McGowan has conceded defeat and congratulated the Liberals and their candidate Alyssa Hayden.
There was a big swing against Labor, more than a month after Mr Urban resigned from the WA Parliament before he could be sacked for repeatedly lying about his past.
Just weeks after Mr Urban's exit, Labor's first by-election candidate, Colleen Yates, quit the race when she admitted to misrepresenting her own education history.
The events proved too much for the party's second candidate, Tania Lawrence, to recover from.
More to come.
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