Oliver Dowden has resigned as Conservative co-chair after the party’s disastrous double byelection losses in Wakefield and in Tiverton and Honiton, saying someone “must take responsibility” for a recent run of poor results.
The Tory MP’s resignation letter, also sent in a tweet, comes after the party lost two seats in a single night. Labour took Wakefield and the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000-plus majority in Tiverton and Honiton.
