British PM Rishi Sunak’s party loses 2 key seats ahead of crucial UK elections
British PM Rishi Sunak’s party loses 2 key seats ahead of crucial UK elections
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday averted a damaging byelection whitewash as the governing Conservatives held on to his former boss Boris Johnson’s seat in London, but faced a bruising in two key byelections.
Thursday’s three-way byelection was widely pitched as a report card on Sunak’s handling of the economy and wider prospects as party leader going into a general election, expected in the second half of next year.
Conservative Steve Tuckwell just about holding on to Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Johnson’s seat until he stepped down in the wake of a parliamentary inquiry into partygate inquiry last month, was the only bit of good news for the party.
The Opposition Labour Party overturned a massive Tory majority of over 20,000 to decisively clinch the Selby and Ainsty constituency in northern England, a byelection triggered by the resignation of close Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams.
“This is a historic result that shows that people are looking at Labour and seeing a changed party that is focused entirely on the priorities of working people with an ambitious, practical plan to deliver,” said Labour Leader Keir Starmer.
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