politics would galvanise a reform uk vote and as a consequence, make it harderfor them to vote and as a consequence, make it harder for them to hold vote and as a consequence, make it harderfor them to hold onto vote and as a consequence, make it harder for them to hold onto seats against a labour challenge, simply because they would lose more votes in both directions. that is the challenge for the conservatives and i think we can expect to see them stepping up efforts to win back wavering voters who might consider reform. in that line we have the home secretary james cleverly announcing if they win the election, for the first time, parliament would have the opportunity to vote on a cap, a maximum numberwho have the opportunity to vote on a cap, a maximum number who could come to the uk to work or stay with their families. every year. that would be a significant step although you would have the conservatives criticised for their record, against their own targets on immigration, over th
was able to secure a swing of over 20% in a by election. the swing in selby at nearly 24% is the second biggest swing from conservative to labour in postwar by election history. so there is no doubt that that result at least is a spectacular success for labour and is as every bit as bad as the conservatives feared. but it contrasts sharply with the result in uxbridge, which the conservatives have managed to fend off the labour challenge, even though the seat was much more difficult, statistically, for the conservatives. it seems to be the case that both conservative and labour except that the outcome there was affected by the argument about the proposed extension by the labour london mea, sadiq khan, to expand the low emission zone