The Conservative Party won Uxbridge and South Ruislip but lost two other key by-election votes
Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party suffered a double blow, losing two of out three by-elections as both Labour and the Liberal Democrats overturned big majorities.
It came as Steve Tuckwell held on with a majority of just 495 in Uxbridge and South Ruislip. His majority was however down 7,210 from Boris Johnson in 2019.In Selby and Ainsty, 25-year-old Keir Mather will become the youngest MP in the Commons – the Baby of the House – after overturning a 20,137 majority. For the Lib Dems, a 29.0 percentage point swing in Somerton and Frome saw a 19,213 Tory majority turned into a 11,008-vote cushion for new MP Sarah Dyke.
The victory means Sir Ed has become the first party leader since Paddy Ashdown in the 1990s to win four by-elections. For Labour, the failure to secure victory in Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London has led to a blame game among senior figures over the capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand the ultra-low emission zone to cover outer boroughs.
In his victory speech, new MP Mr Tuckwell said Mr Khan had cost Labour the seat. “It was his damaging and costly Ulez policy that lost them this election,” he said.
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