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Laura Webster

Oliver Dowden quits as Tory chairman after Johnson's double by-election defeat

Oliver Dowden had been due to do the morning broadcast round for the Government on Friday

OLIVER Dowden has resigned as chairman of the Conservative Party after it suffered two by-election defeats, saying in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson that “someone must take responsibility”.

In Tiverton and Honiton the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Tory majority to win, while Labour reclaimed Wakefield.

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