The Conservatives suffered two heavy defeats in an evening of three by-elections, however narrowly held on to former PM Boris Johnson’s outdated Uxbridge seat.
Labour made historical past, overturning a 20,137 majority to take the North Yorkshire seat of Selby and Ainsty. And the Lib Dems took Somerton and Frome in a victory chief Sir Ed Davey mentioned confirmed his occasion was “firmly back in the West Country”.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by political editor Beth Rigby, and elections analyst Dr Hannah Bunting to interrupt down the votes from every of the constituencies, and to look forward to what this may inform us concerning the subsequent normal election.
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