Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party suffered another blow yesterday with the loss of two by-elections in a single night.
The Labour Party retained the Wakefield seat the party lost in 2019 for the first time since the 1930s with South Shields-raised Simon Lightwood elected, while the Liberal Democrats took the Tiverton and Honiton seat, with Richard Foord becoming the first non-Conservative MP since the seat's creation in 1997.
In both seats there was a significant swing away from the Tories, following a difficult spell for the party over partygate and a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier this month.
