su ort conservative. there was a swing of suoport away conservative. there was a swing of suoport away from conservative. there was a swing of support away from the conservative. there was a swing of. support away from the conservatives and to labour in uxbridge, butjust not enough for them to take the seat. the symbolism of rishi sunak claiming victory will no doubt sticking sir keir starmer s throat and lead to an internal inquest. it also raises questions the strength and depth of labour s opinion poll lead if a campaign can be derailed on single issue. but make no mistake, looking at the by elections overall, last night spell bad news for the conservatives and the countdown to the next election. five, four, three, two, one! this is no laughing five, four, three, two, one! this is no laughing matter five, four, three, two, one! this is no laughing matter for five, four, three, two, one! this is no laughing matter for rishi - five, four, three, two, one! this is| no laughin
want change. people have said to us that they want change- people have said to us that they want chance. ., . , :: want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired hopes want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired hopes of- want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired hopes of taking i labour had hired hopes of taking boris johnson s old labour had hired hopes of taking borisjohnson s old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip in west london, but following a recount, the conservatives clung on. the winning candidate steve tuckwell suggested that a single issue had sunk labour s chances. that labour mayor of london sadiq khan is extending what is called the ultra low emissions and this area. it effectively translated as a tax on older, more polluting vehicles and proved unpopular on the doorstep. but rishi sunak wants to suggest that the voters appetite for a change of
results. mather, keir alexander, labour party, 60,456. dyke, - results. mather, keir alexander, - labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats. labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. but labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. but there - labour party, 60,456. dyke, liberal democrats, 21,187. but there was i democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, no democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, no clean - democrats, 21,187. but there was also a surprise, no clean sweep i democrats, 21,187. but there was. also a surprise, no clean sweep for the opposition parties. the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the the opposition parties. steve tuckwell, the conservative . the opposition parties. steve - tuckwell, the conservative party candidate, 13,965. in tuckwell, the conservative party
is nothing short of spectacular. the trend was clear even before last night, but now it is certain. the liberal democrats are back in the west country. ibig liberal democrats are back in the west country- west country. big lib dem toy-election west country. big lib dem by-election victories - west country. big lib dem by-election victories have | west country. big lib dem - by-election victories have almost by election victories have almost become commonplace these days. the sun is become commonplace these days. tie: sun is shining on become commonplace these days. tt9: sun is shining on us. become commonplace these days. the sun is shining on us. the sun is shining on us. the conservatives sun is shining on us. the conservatives believe . sun is shining on us. the conservatives believe they still have a narrow path to victory at the next election, but these latest results could be the political equivalent of the hazard warning sign bearing the legend road narrows . iain watson
it s been a night of high political drama, with the conservatives suffering two spectacular by election defeats at the hands of labour and the liberal democrats, but also narrowly holding off labour in borisjohnson s old seat, uxbridge. let s take a look at the details. in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, labour gained the seat from the tories with their 25 year old candidate keir mather, who ll become the youngest mp in the house of commons. let s have a look at the share of the vote. labour took 46% there, and their win means they ve overturned the largest conservative majority at a by election since 1916. and in somerton and frome in somerset, liberal democrat sarah dyke secured a dramatic victory, winning more than 21,000 votes, while conservative faye purbrick trailed in second place with less than half the number. and here s the share of the vote for the lib dems, a whopping 54.6%, and they thanked what they called lifelong conservative voters for the win.