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Five reasons Tories should be worried about damaging by-election results

Boris Johnson suffered a brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon the Tories in disastrous defeats in Wakefield, Tiverton and Honiton which is sure to pile pressure on the Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

How Tory plot to topple Boris Johnson could play out

Insiders say a second no-confidence vote among MPs would now produce a very different result from the first

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson vows to push on as voters ‘beat me up’ in by-elections

Former Conservative leader Michael Howard urged the Prime Minister to resign for the good of their party and the nation.

The Independent UK

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'Disgusted' Carol Vorderman calls for Boris Johnson 'to go now'

Boris Johnson has faced further calls to resign after the Conservatives lost by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, Devon

Bristol Post

'People are fed up with Boris' - voters hit out after Tory by-election defeats

Labour regained Wakefield from the Tories, while the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Conservative majority to take Tiverton and Honiton in the Tories' southern heartlands

Daily Mirror

What would happen if the Wakefield by-election result was replicated in the North East

What would happen to the region's Conservative MPs if there was a 12.7 per cent swing to Labour

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Chalk up a win for steady Starmer, but things could still get shaky

Analysis: After Wakefield, the leader’s allies can say ‘boring’ works, but Labour is not wholly convinced

The Guardian - UK

Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton byelections: even Boris Johnson loyalists will now be worried for the next election

The scale of byelection defeats in Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England and Wakefield in the north of England might have Conservative rebels wishing they had waited a few weeks to hold a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson. For the 148 MPs who voted against him, these results might have…

The Conversation

Gary Neville urges Rishi Sunak to "do decent thing" and resign after Oliver Dowden exit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was humiliated in the Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield by-elections with Conservative co-chair Oliver Dowden quitting his role on Friday

Daily Mirror

Gary Neville’s brutal message for Boris Johnson after disastrous by-election results

The Conservatives lost seats in Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield to Labour and the Lib Dems

Manchester Evening News

Boris Johnson told to quit by Tory grandee after double by-election defeat

Former Conservative leader Michael Howard urged the Cabinet to consider resigning.

The Independent UK

Wakefield's new Labour MP Simon Lightwood grew up 'in poverty' in South Shields

The former King George V Comp pupil took the 'red wall' seat of Wakefield from the Conservatives and pledged to stand up for people in poverty

Chronicle Live

The Northern Agenda: Wakey-wakey Boris, you've lost another MP

Pressure mounts on Prime Minister as Labour win back a 'red wall' Northern seat

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The Independent UK

Tory MPs fearful of losing their seats as Johnson leads party to double defeat

The PM vowed to ‘keep going’ after his authority was dealt a series of blows, including the resignation of party co-chairman Oliver Dowden.

Belfast Live

Far-right activist living in Northern Ireland Jayda Fransen comes last in Wakefield by-election

It was her lowest vote in a Westminster by-election to date

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer says Labour 'on track' to power as 'imploding' Tories endure by-election losses

Under-fire Boris Johnson had a torrid night at the polls as the Tories lost by-elections in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton

The Independent UK

By-election losses ‘monumental and humiliating’ for Boris Johnson – Sturgeon

The Conservatives lost both the Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton seats in votes on Thursday.

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The Guardian - UK

What do the byelection results mean for the Conservatives? Our panel’s verdict

Former Tory seats have been lost to Labour in Wakefield and the Liberal Democrats in Tiverton and Honiton

Evening Standard

Sir John Curtice: Tories in trouble but Keir Starmer still missing crucial spark

Boris Johnson’s party is “in trouble” but Sir Keir Starmer has yet to spark the “crucial ingredient” of enthusiasm for Labour which led to Tony Blair’s 1997 victory, according to one of Britain’s leading elections experts

Daily Mirror

Who is Ben Wallace? Marriage to ex-assistant, recovering Diana's body and torture comments

After the Tories' disastrous by-election results in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, some Tory MPs may be looking at Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as a potential replacement for Boris Johnson...

The Guardian - UK

These byelection defeats are the verdict on a cruel and useless government that’s running out of road

Losses in Tiverton & Honiton and in Wakefield are more than midterm blues. They’re a sign of the anti-Tory majority getting its act together, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Independent UK

If the Tories had any decency, they would get out of the way – Starmer

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrated the party’s by-election victory in Wakefield.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dem byelection win was spectacular – but Labour’s may hurt Tories most

Analysis: Wakefield victory, on top of some of the local election results in May, suggests red wall is repairable

Chronicle Live

Boris Johnson pledges to 'carry on' instead of stepping down after double by-election loss

The Conservative Party lost a 24,000 majority in Tiverton, Devon, where the Liberal Democrats took the seat, while Labour won Wakefield back

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