Ed Davey has pledged to use the Liberal Democrats’ victory in the Somerton and Frome byelection as a springboard to renewed success in the south-west of England, after his party overturned yet another massive Conservative majority with apparent ease.
The Lib Dem leader hailed what he called a “spectacular” win as he visited Frome hours after candidate Sarah Dyke took a seat held by the Conservative David Warburton in 2019 with a 19,000-plus majority, with a margin of 11,000.
