Sarah Pochin

Sarah Joanne Pochin (née Hyde, born June 1969) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn and Helsby since a by-election in May 2025. She is Reform UK’s first female MP. She was previously the Mayor of Cheshire East and a local councillor, as well as a justice of the peace (JP). Formerly a Conservative councillor who later sat as an independent member, she left the party and joined Reform UK. She currently holds the record for the smallest margin of victory in modern British by-election history, having overturned Labour's 14,700 majority from the 2024 general election by just six votes.

Infobox

Preceded by

Brian Silvester

Majority

6 (0.02%)

Succeeded by

Rebecca Posnett

mw- Ward

Willaston & Rope (2015–2019)Bunbury (2019–2023)

Ward

Willaston & Rope

Born

Sarah Joanne HydeJune 1969 (age 56)Gloucestershire, England

Political party

Reform UK (since 2025)

Other politicalaffiliations

Conservative (until 2020; 2022)Independent (2020–2022; 2022–2025)

Spouse

mw- Jonathan Pochin (m. 1996)

Children

Education

Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls

Alma mater

Loughborough University (BSc)

Party

Reform UK (since 2025)

Tables

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Preceded byMike Amesbury

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded byMike Amesbury

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Member of Parliamentfor Runcorn and Helsby 2025–present

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Incumbent

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byMike Amesbury	Member of Parliamentfor Runcorn and Helsby 2025–present	Incumbent

References

Pronounced /pəʊ'ʃæ̃/.
"Runcorn and Helsby by-election results 2025"
https://hbcnewsroom.co.uk/runcorn-and-helsby-by-election-results-2025/
Should There Be a Ban on Burkas in the Workplace?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XACtstfqE&ab_channel=GoodMorningBritain
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sarah-pochin-mp-runcorn-reform-farage-election-b2743587.html
Grazia
https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/sarah-pochin-politics/
Prospect
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/69771/reform-is-coming-for-labour-in-runcorn
ITV News
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2025-03-24/reform-uk-announce-by-election-candidate
www.bbc.com
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzxre40mzo
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/24/keir-starmer-spring-statement-radio-5-live-potholes-uk-politics-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with:block-67e161108f089d0bd893ccf2#block-67e161108f089d0bd893ccf2
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-sarah-pochin-reprimand-farage-b2735076.html
Crewe Chronicle
https://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/news/local-news/cheshire-east-councillor-brian-silvester-5600229
Nantwich News
https://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2015/05/08/cheshire-east-elections-sarah-pochin-wins-willaston-and-rope-seat/
"Willaston and Rope Ward"
https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/voting_and_elections/elections/council-elections-2015/willaston_and_rope_-wybunbury/willaston_and_rope_ward.aspx
"Results for Bunbury"
https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/elections/elections-dashboard/2-May-2019/wards/bunbury
Nantwich News
https://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2020/03/11/bunbury-cllr-sarah-pochin-expelled-by-cheshire-east-conservative-group/
Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Nub News
https://wilmslow.nub.news/news/local-news/councillors-elect-new-mayor-of-cheshire-east
Congleton Nub News
https://congleton.nub.news/news/local-news/congleton-councillor-quits-cheshire-east-independents-after-confessing-tory-leadership-vote-152856
Knutsford Guardian
https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/23016629.cheshire-east-councillor-suspended-independent-group/
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62z9ell358o
Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbury-officially-steps-down-as-mp-after-being-onviccted-of-punching-constituent-13330728
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/02/reform-runcorn-and-helsby-byelection-local-elections
The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/25132786.reform-win-sets-new-record-smallest-by-election-majority-since-1945/
Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/reform-win-runcorn-and-helsby-by-election-after-recount-13359606
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/02/runcorn-byelection-voter-displeasure-disengagement-reform-uk
www.bbc.co.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cdzr
hansard.parliament.uk
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-05-12/debates/2E6FC38B-500B-4F64-BF68-5432536B823C/details#contribution-035AE50F-BAAC-4F33-ACDA-49BB742E3883
hansard.parliament.uk
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-06-04/debates/93FDA80F-D498-4F4C-B05A-A478C8C7E813/Engagements#contribution-48EBA7C3-ED81-4A2B-804D-09DAD3F7C3C8
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-farage-pochin-yusuf-burqa-ban-b2764158.html
www.bbc.com
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql2pzr5qlqo
"Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv040rnqzo
"Zia Yusuf: I'm returning to Reform UK, 48 hours after quitting"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/zia-yusuf-reform-uk-return-f2w9fs3xg
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98w0dj0x8ko
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7rg7wjvgvo
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/27/reform-mps-claim-about-adverts-full-of-black-and-asian-people-omits-profitability-for-companies
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/reform-uk-sarah-pochin-nigel-farage-b2852430.html
The Times
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-sarah-pochin-black-asian-people-9srg787nf
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78z4eyvnx1o