Tag: By-election
10 months ago
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Sunak faces new by-election headache as MP quits over PM's oil and gas policy

The former of the independent government review on net zero said new legislation 'clearly promotes the production of ...

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10 months ago
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How Reform and Peter Bone hope to cause upset in the Wellingborough by-election

A visit to the constituency shows a by-election victory is could be anyone’s game

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about 1 year ago
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Latest Tory scandal spells another by-election headache for Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak, with several election losses under his belt and a mountain to climb in the polls, will not relish the th...

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about 1 year ago
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'He is not up to it': Tories sharpen knives for Sunak following historic by-election defeats

Competing factions within the Conservatives raise the spectre of a civil war for the PM as he battles to contain real...

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about 1 year ago
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'They're dripping poison': Inside the Lib-Lab by-election war that could let the Tories win

Many lifelong Conservatives in Nadine Dorries' old seat have had enough of the party. But fierce campaigns may yet sp...

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about 1 year ago
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'I'm not Labour but I want the SNP out': Scottish discontent tees up Starmer by-election boost

Labour is the odds-on favourites in tomorrow's Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, as voters tire of NHS waits ...

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about 1 year ago
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Bitter rivalry in Mid-Beds by-election threatens future Lib Dem-Labour ‘progressive alliance’

Both parties have refused to pull back in the seat – raising the prospect that the Tories might hold on even if their...

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about 1 year ago
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'No-one gives a f**k anymore': Tories celebrate Nadine Dorries' exit despite by-election threat

The former minister's resignation sets up a tricky by-election for Rishi Sunak

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about 1 year ago
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‘Where is she? Who knows?’: Mid Beds voters tire of Nadine ‘Dosser’ Dorries and politics

Voters say they have not seen the MP recently and while the Lib Dems and Labour battle for the seat, that they may no...

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over 1 year ago
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Humza Yousaf admits Rutherglen by-election will put 'pressure' on his leadership of SNP

The contest will be his first electoral test as leader, with the result likely to come a matter of days before the pa...

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over 1 year ago
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MP Margaret Ferrier ousted from House of Commons as recall petition succeeds

Her seat of Rutherglen and Hamilton West will now be contested in a by-election, which is likely to take place in the...

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over 1 year ago
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'Drop Suella. Why is Kemi still in a job?': Tories demand reshuffle after by-election 'kicking'

'Uxbridge came as a pleasant surprise. The danger is the party doesn’t look hard enough at the other results,' senior...

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over 1 year ago
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SNP told 'no seat is safe' after Labour by-election win in England

Labour is hoping that the turnaround in Selby and Ainsty could be replicated in other seats north of the border

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over 1 year ago
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Labour and Lib Dems will work together in a General Election, but no formal pact, insiders say

The Lib Dem’s victory in Somerton and Frome is being credited to Labour voters switching to Sir Ed Davey’s party

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over 1 year ago
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Voters still 'pissed off' with Partygate and Truss and uninspired by Sunak, Tory MPs say

Results have also raised divisions with one ex-ministers saying Mr Sunak should be replaced

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over 1 year ago
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Lib Dems claim to have won in Somerton and Frome less than two hours after polls close

Tories fear being pushed into third place as Lib Dems say Somerset vote has gone into 'freefall'

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over 1 year ago
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Tories and Lib Dems in push to get vote out in Somerset as queues form at polling stations

As bookmakers make the Lib Dems firm favourites for another by-election win, one local Conservative campaigner even s...

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over 1 year ago
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Lib Dems worry even lifelong Tory voters switching sides may not swing Somerton by-election

The Lib Dems are trying to convince people to vote tactically in Somerton and Frome but their former confidence has t...

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over 1 year ago
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Ed Davey says Lib Dems will need tactical votes to win Frome by-election as Tories put up fight

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey tells i the short campaign has 'created challenges' as his candidate Sarah Dyke seeks to ...

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over 1 year ago
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Sunak and Starmer both face rough rides in a by-election week - but Labour are sitting prettier

The Prime Minister could be punished by the voters while his rival is facing a backlash in his own party over benefits

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over 1 year ago
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'Starmer is a gift to me': Tory MPs cling to the hope that Labour will blow the election

No 10 launches efforts to boost the 'gloomy' mood in Whitehall and Westminster as the Conservatives stare down the ba...

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over 1 year ago
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Lib Dems close polling gap in safe Tory seat in Somerset eleven days ahead of by-election

Lib Dem Sarah Dyke is quietly confident of overturning a 19,213 Tory majority in Somerton and Frome

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over 1 year ago
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Boris Johnson is deluded if he thinks he can make a triumphant comeback

Already, the former PM is rumoured to be interested in finding a safe seat to return to the Commons

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over 2 years ago
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'Boris is more interested in power': Why Devon voters abandoned the Tories to vote Lib Dem

'I switched my vote because it is clear to me that Boris is more interested in staying in power more than working to ...

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over 2 years ago
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Lib Dems claim ‘historic victory’ in Tiverton and Honiton by-election

"This is a devastating blow for those Conservative MPs who continue to prop up Boris Johnson," a Lib Dems spokesperso...

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over 2 years ago
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Tories fail to show up, and Lib Dems mount final push on day of Tiverton & Honiton by-election

Despite a call to arms from local Tory chairman, not a single Conservative supporter shows up for last-gasp 5am push ...

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over 2 years ago
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Voters in Tiverton and Honiton prepare to go to polls as Lib Dems hopes for 'historic victory'

Conservatives split on whether their party's candidate can retain the mid-Devon seat despite defending a whopping 24,...

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over 2 years ago
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Tory’s Helen Hurford hides from voters and media as Tiverton and Honiton by-election looms

While Conservative campaign HQ enforcers usher their candidate out of sight before kicking me out, the Lib Dem candid...

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over 2 years ago
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Tories in last-gasp plea for volunteers to avoid humiliating Devon by-election loss to Lib Dems

An internal campaign email leaked to i reveals Conservatives are struggling to get posters to sites across the Tivert...

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over 2 years ago
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National poll sees Labour holding seven point lead against the Tories despite dip in support

The Liberal Democrats, who are hoping for their own victory in a neck-and-neck by-election in Tiverton & Honiton, saw...

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over 2 years ago
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Tories and Lib Dems call in big guns for Tiverton and Honiton by-election

The Liberal Democrats are attempting to overturn one of the largest majorities in by-election history when the polls ...

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over 2 years ago
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Wakefield Tory candidate rejects damning by-election poll as 'load of rubbish'

Polling suggests that Tory voters will turn away from the Conservative Party in their droves on Thursday

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over 2 years ago
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Wakefield by-election: 'We have been left behind - people are demoralised’

Tory voters spoke of being appalled by Mr Johnson’s scandal-mired premiership. Labour supporters complained of ineffe...

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over 2 years ago
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Despite the jeers, no one should write off the Tories in crunch Tiverton by-election

The Conservative candidate was ridiculed at hustings and appeared to leave farmers unimpressed, but she could be hitt...

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over 2 years ago
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Lack of investment left Tiverton without hall big enough for by-election count, campaigners say

The count for the key vote will happen outside the rural seat in Devon because the local school doesn’t have a big en...

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over 2 years ago
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Tory candidate in Tiverton by-election accused of ‘trying to erase’ meeting with Boris Johnson

Helen Hurford has published pictures of her meetings with Chancellor Rishi Sunak and levelling up secretary Michael G...

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over 2 years ago
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Labour are giving Lib Dems a 'free-pass' in Tiverton and Honiton by-election after pact claims

As Keir Starmer supports his Labour candidate in Wakefield, Sir Ed Davey is focussing Lib Dem efforts on the rural co...

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over 2 years ago
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Tory by-election candidate Helen Hurford: 'I'd have backed Boris Johnson in confidence vote'

In her first major interview, the Conservative candidate in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election says she backs the P...

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over 2 years ago
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Lib Dems face 'challenge' to topple Tories in Devon despite anger at the PM, Ed Davey warns

'Many traditional Tory voters are moving against the Johnson,' the Lib Dem leader says, but his party still has a lon...

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