Voting has ended in three by-elections triggered after the resignation of Boris Johnson and two other Tory MPs. WizBates reports from Selby, AmandaAkass is in Somerton, and JonCraig has the latest from Ruislip. Live: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YT
Welcome to the Queensmead Sports Centre in Ruislip, in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency in north west London, where the Conservatives are defending a 7,210 majority won by Boris Johnson in the 2019 general election.
The 17 candidates also include Jeremy Corbyn's brother, the weather forecaster and climate change sceptic Piers, and actor Lawrence Fox of the famous acting dynasty and best known for playing Sergeant Hathaway in ITV's Inspector Morse sequel Lewis.22:52:01Of the three by-elections, the result in the Selby and Ainsty Labour v Conservative contest is the most interesting.
However, the Tories did stress that"by-elections are rarely won by governing parties and they are rarely good indicators of general election performance". "If we succeed in overturning the huge 19,000 majority in Somerton and Frome, in what should be a safe Conservative seat, it would mark a watershed moment for the Liberal Democrats.
Yellow"winning here" signs are splattered around Frome and residents have also been treated to the party's famously thorough ground campaign with the first polling day leaflets dropping through doors at 5am this morning.
The pitch from the conservatives is their candidate will have the ear of government and can make things happen quickly. Voting has now ended in three by-elections that were triggered after the resignation of Boris Johnson and two other Conservative MPs.Selby and Ainsty - Mr Johnson's ally Nigel Adams's former constituency;
The three contests will tell us much about what way the political winds are blowing ahead of the next general election, which is expected at some point next year. The government has today issued a response to recommendations from two committees on the work of the independent adviser on ministers' interests - the person in charge of investigations into any rule breaches.
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