Humiliation for Tories as Labour win Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections
The latest losses for the Tories mean that they have now suffered the highest number of by-election losses in a single Parliament since 1960.
The latest losses for the Tories mean that they have now suffered the highest number of by-election losses in a single Parliament since 1960.
The stakes are high
Andrew Cooper is standing for the party in Tamworth.
It ‘would seem unwise for Tory MPs to draw any conclusion other than that their party is still in deep electoral trouble’
The 13.8% swing from Tory to Labour, is the sixth biggest between the parties since 1945, and more than the 12.7% in Wakefield in June.
Labour gained Wakefield from the Tories with a 12% swing, with the Lib Dems gaining Tiverton and Honiton with an almost 30% swing,
Another car crash week for the PM saw Bury South MP Christian Wakeford defect from the Conservatives to Labour, leading to calls for a by-election.
Are the voters ahead of political parties on this issue
The Liberal Democrats have told Boris Johnson that the ‘party is over’
The Liberal Democrats overturned a Tory majority of almost 23,000, winning with a margin of nearly 6,000 votes and a 34% swing.