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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage, Policy editor

Labour and Tories neck and neck in byelection race for Mid Beds, poll says

Conservative Party and Labour Party rosettes.
A poll suggests support for the Tories has plummeted to 29%, the same share of the vote that Labour enjoys in Mid Bedfordshire. Photograph: PA

Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the battle for the previously safe Tory seat of Mid Bedfordshire, according to a poll that suggests a split “progressive” vote could allow Rishi Sunak’s party to retain the constituency.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats are making a full-tilt effort to win the seat from the Conservatives after the resignation of Nadine Dorries, a close ally of Boris Johnson, who eventually quit after being denied a place on the former prime minister’s resignation honours list.

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