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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ben Hatton

Rishi Sunak facing mid-October double by-election test as vote triggered for ex-Tory whip Chris Pincher’s seat

A by-election has been triggered to replace former Tory whip Chris Pincher, who resigned as an MP after losing his appeal against a suspension for drunkenly groping two men.

Government chief whip Simon Hart asked for the writ to trigger the by-election for Tamworth, in Staffordshire, to be moved on September 14.

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