The Latest Breaking News from Tiverton

Boris Johnson says he will 'listen' to voters but 'keep going' after by-election defeats

The Lib Dems have called for the PM to be 'pushed out'

Manchester Evening News · Jun 24, 2022

Boris Johnson vows to 'keep going' after double by-election humiliation

The Prime Minister acknowledged that losing the former Tory stronghold of Tiverton and Honiton to the Lib Dems as well as surrendering Wakefield to Labour was "tough".

Daily Record · Jun 24, 2022

Johnson vows to ‘keep going’ after double by-election humiliation

Conservative co-chairman Oliver Dowden resigned from the Cabinet after the party suffered losses in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton.

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

Boris Johnson faces threat of new leadership vote after by-election losses

Conservatives suffer defeat in two key by-elections as voters reject Tories at polls

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2022

Johnson's Tories Crushed in Twin UK Parliamentary By-elections

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two crushing parliamentary by-election defeats on Friday, including in a southwest English seat previously held by his ruling Conservatives for over a century. The Tories lost the Tiverton and Honiton seat to the centrist Liberal Democrats while the main opposition Labor party regained…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 24, 2022

Byelection defeats cast pall over Boris Johnson’s pitch that he is an election winner

Analysis: Dire results in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton make it more likely PM will face renewed challenge

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022

Friday briefing: Party chair resigns after catastrophic results for Tories

In today’s newsletter: devastating results for the Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton intensify questions over the prime minister’s future

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022

Oliver Dowden resigns as Tory chair after Conservatives lose two by-elections

The Liberal Democrats won Tiverton and Honiton, which had previously been held by the Tories with a 24,000 majority, while Labour won Wakefield.

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

By-election news - live: PM loses backing of more Tory MPs after disastrous defeats

Senior Tory MP says PM’s fall from power ‘is now a question of when, not if’

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

London politics latest: Nadhim Zahawi insists ‘our voters stayed home’ after disastrous by-election results

Tory defeat in Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield is the first time in more than 30 years a government has lost two by-elections on the same day

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2022