By-election

Article thumbnail: The Liberal Democrat’s Sarah Dyke is closing the gap on the Tories in Somerton and Frome (Photo: Supplied)
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Lib Dems close polling gap in safe Tory seat in Somerset eleven days ahead of by-election

Lib Dem Sarah Dyke is quietly confident of overturning a 19,213 Tory majority in Somerton and Frome

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'Boris hangover' in Selby by-election as defecting Tory warns 'the party is losing its grip'

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'Don’t mention Boris': How the Tories think they might just snatch an Uxbridge by-election win

Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in Downing Street in London, as the NHS and Government launch the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan in the history of the NHS. Picture date: Friday June 30, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH NHS. Photo credit should read: Frank Augstein/PA Wire
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Nadine Dorries 'useless' and 'rubbish' say locals as Ed Davey predicts 'certain' Tory defeat

Article thumbnail: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer joins party members in Chatham, Kent, where Labour has taken overall control of Medway Council for the first time since 1998 after winning 30 of its 59 seats in the local elections. Picture date: Friday May 5, 2023. PA Photo. The Tories suffered major losses in Rishi Sunak's first electoral test as Prime Minister, with Labour claiming the results suggest Sir Keir Starmer will be able to replace him in No 10. The Liberal Democrats also made gains as the Tories lost control of a series of councils across England. See PA story POLITICS Elections. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer joins party members in Chatham, Kent, where Labour has taken overall control of Medway Council for the first time since 1998 after winning 30 of its 59 seats in the local elections. Picture date: Friday May 5, 2023. PA Photo. The Tories suffered major losses in Rishi Sunak's first electoral test as Prime Minister, with Labour claiming the results suggest Sir Keir Starmer will be able to replace him in No 10. The Liberal Democrats also made gains as the Tories lost control of a series of councils across England. See PA story POLITICS Elections. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Undated handout UK Parliament official portrait of David Warburton, the MP for Somerset and Frome, has had the Tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct. Issue date: Saturday April 2, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Warburton. Photo credit should read: UK Parliament/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: Undated handout UK Parliament official portrait of David Warburton, the MP for Somerset and Frome, has had the Tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct. Issue date: Saturday April 2, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Warburton. Photo credit should read: UK Parliament/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: HILLINGDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 10: Labour Party candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Danny Beales (C), canvasses with Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Jonathan Ashworth (L) and Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator, Shabana Mahmood (R) on June 10, 2023 in Hillingdon, England. Yesterday, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as MP of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, the constituency that includes Hillingdon, triggering a by-election. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: HILLINGDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 10: Labour Party candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Danny Beales (C), canvasses with Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Jonathan Ashworth (L) and Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator, Shabana Mahmood (R) on June 10, 2023 in Hillingdon, England. Yesterday, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as MP of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, the constituency that includes Hillingdon, triggering a by-election. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Nadine Dorries quits as MP with immediate effect, triggering by-election STURMINSTER MARSHALL, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 30: Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries during a visit to Henbury Farm in north Dorset, where Wessex Internet are laying fibre optics in the field on August 30, 2022 in Sturminster Marshall, England. His visit marks new data showing that 70 percent of the UK is now benefiting from gigabit broadband coverage. (Photo by Ben Birchall/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Nadine Dorries quits as MP with immediate effect, triggering by-election STURMINSTER MARSHALL, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 30: Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries during a visit to Henbury Farm in north Dorset, where Wessex Internet are laying fibre optics in the field on August 30, 2022 in Sturminster Marshall, England. His visit marks new data showing that 70 percent of the UK is now benefiting from gigabit broadband coverage. (Photo by Ben Birchall/WPA Pool/Getty Images)