seat majority and their leader has just been celebrating victory in the constituency. he said the public had sent a powerful message to the conservative party. labour s vote share was down over 10% in somerton and frome. it did help the liberal democrats. and the liberal democrat leader also said that some labour supporters had lent them their votes. but the tories did hold onto boris johnson s votes. but the tories did hold onto borisjohnson s former votes. but the tories did hold onto boris johnson s former constituency of uxbridge in south ruislip in west london. that is despite a swing there of 6.7% to labour. the tories managed to capitalise on local anger over the planned expansion of the ultralow emission zone two outer london. under labour mayor sadiq khan. winning the seat by 495 votes. it s the local mp steve, the
do the results from last night not show us that the country isn t buying your message and you still have a mountain to climb? look, westminster s been acting like the next election s a done deal. the labour party s been acting like it s a done deal. the people of uxbridge have just told all of them that it s not. now, no one expected us to win here, but steve s victory demonstrates that when confronted with the reality of the labour party, when there s an actual choice on a matter of substance at stake, people vote conservative. a short time ago, the labour party leader, sir keir starmer, spoke about the party s victory in selby and this is what he had to say. the result here in selby and ainsty is absolutely incredible, the first time that the labour partyjenner in its history has overturned a 20,000 majority in a former conservative seat labour party in its history. after we changed the party, we can win anywhere including in places that were tory strongholds. i know the people in
well, the decision to push ulez into outer london . was very much that of - sadiq khan, the london mayor. were you telling boris johnson when he was mp here and you were a councillor that he was wrong to come up with ulez in the first place? pushing ulez into outer london - was very much sadiq khan s decision, it was not borisjohnson s. 50 holding the london mayor to account by winning this . by election was a clear message . from the people of this constituency that they don t want ulez, they don t need it, and that message now has to be heard. sadiq khan s policy to expand london s ultra low emission zone or ulez, has been blamed by the conservatives for labour s defeat in axbridge and he has been speaking to the bbc about this, let s listen. defeat in uxbridge. m13 the bbc about this, let s listen. defeat in uxbridge. defeat in uxbridge. mp steve tuckwell last defeat in uxbridge. mp steve tuckwell last night defeat in uxbridge. mp steve tuckwell last night said - defeat
people look at your policy more, and the coherence between what you re saying nationally and locally are at mayoral level. i think it has taken the heat out of the debate, but privately, there are a lot of mps who feel that this was not really because of the prime minister or the conservative party. if you look at the new mp for uxbridge, he didn t actually mention the prime minister or the government, he said that this was a referendum on ulez. it feels like something else. an internal labour policy issue has come to almost save the day. that does not really reassure people very much at all. failure to mention the prime minister or government didn t stop rishi sunakfrom racing down there to claim the win and stand next to steve tuckwell. i thought that his wording was interesting. he said, when it comes to an election, this shows it is not a done deal . does it show that if he had lost it, then it was? when you are in that position, you are limited, as
and i hereby declare that the said steve tuckwell is duly elected. cheering perhaps a surprise for some in boris johnson s former seat. the tories put their victory down to their campaign against the labour mayor of london s plan to expand the ultra low emission zone, where drivers are charged if vehicles don t meet certain standards. sadiq khan has lost labour this election in his. cheering and we know that it was his damaging and costly ulez policy that lost them this election. so, now time for the parties and pundits to analyse what these results say about the big political picture. yes, the conservatives managed to stem the outgoing tide from which they are seemingly suffering in uxbridge, but it seems to me there is little gainsaying