Labour Wins Blackpool South By-Election With Huge Swing
Labour has overturned the Conservatives' majority in the Blackpool South by-election, marking the governing party's third consecutive by-election defeat so far this year.
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Labour has overturned the Conservatives' majority in the Blackpool South by-election, marking the governing party's third consecutive by-election defeat so far this year.
The Conservative Party could lose up to 500 council seats in the local elections, as the party braces for a bleak and bruising day.
Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has resigned his Blackpool South seat, triggering what could be another damaging by-election for Rishi Sunak.
George Galloway, leader of the far-left Workers Party of Britain, has won the Rochdale by-election overturning Labour's 9,668 majority.
Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has lost his appeal against a 35-day suspension from the House of Commons, meaning the Tories face the prospect of another damaging by-election.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will return from parliamentary recess to a restless and despondent Conservative party after another disastrous set of by-election results further diminished Tory hopes of electoral recovery in 2024.
The Conservatives' loss of two more seats in by-elections after Labour overturned sizeable Tory majorities in Wellingborough in the east midlands and Kingswood in Gloucestershire last night, will prove difficult to swallow for the governing party, which still harbours hopes it can cling on to power at the next general election.
Labour has overturned two large Tory majorities with by-election wins in Wellingborough and Kingswood, marking another disappointing set of results for beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.