Tag: MP by-elections

Sir Keir Starmer said it was a ‘phenomenal result’ and Labour was ‘redrawing the political map’.

With two by-elections scheduled for Thursday, tactical voting against the Tories is being encouraged for both seats by campaigners.

Lib Dems and Labour dominate betting on Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Selby and Ainsty.

It would take a very large swing in the popular vote for all three seats to change hands.

The Tories seem to be plumbing new depths on a weekly basis - but a major humiliation at the ballot box is now on the cards.

David Warburton's resignation spells more trouble for Rishi Sunak and the Tories - who are now in danger of losing MORE seats.

If Labour and the Liberal Democrats can come to an agreement, more by-election misery lies in wait for the Conservatives.

It is the first time the Tory vote has dipped below 30 per cent since the 1997 general election, which Tony Blair’s Labour party won by a landslide.

Voters have given up on the Tories, Labour’s victorious by-election candidate claimed after he won the Stretford and Urmston by-election.