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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sammy Gecsoyler

‘Tories are woeful’: Lib Dems a whisker away from Wokingham majority

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey holding party signs with supporters
Ed Davey was celebrating a strong showing by his party in some areas. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

In true-blue Berkshire, the skies were a prophetic grey on Friday as the Liberal Democrats were a whisker away from winning Wokingham.

The district, where the veteran Tory MP John Redwood and the former prime minister Theresa May hold their parliamentary seats, has long been a Conservative stronghold. Redwood’s constituency has returned a Tory MP since its creation in 1885.

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