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Boris Johnson admits byelection defeats ‘not brilliant’ as ex-Tory leader calls for resignation – as it happened

Latest updates: PM says he will ‘keep going’ after Labour wins Wakefield and Lib Dems take Tiverton and Honiton and party chair resigns

The Guardian - UK

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

Oliver Dowden resigns as Conservative party chair after two by-election defeats

"We cannot carry on with business as usual."

Manchester Evening News

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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

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

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

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.

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

Mr Dowden said in his letter to the PM the by-elections “are the latest in a run of very poor results for our party"

Wales Online

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

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

Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield by-elections: how the results compare

The Liberal Democrats achieved one of the biggest swings against a government since 1945.

The Independent UK

Tory chairman Oliver Dowden resigns over by-election results in searing letter to Boris Johnson

The contests in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton were triggered by the resignation of disgraced Tories. The by-elections offered voters the chance to give their verdict on the Prime Minister just weeks after 41% of his own MPs cast their ballots against him.

Daily Mirror

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

Lib Dem win in Devon represents the largest majority ever overturned at by-election

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson suffers brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon Tories

Disastrous by-election defeats in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton will pile pressure on Boris Johnson, who has been trying to restore his battered premiership after he clung on in a no confidence vote

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The Independent UK

New Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood says Labour is ‘rebuilding the red wall’

Mr Lightwood was elected with a majority of 4,925 on a swing of 12.7% from the Tories to Labour.

The Independent UK

What next for Boris Johnson after double by-election blow?

The sensational loss of Tiverton and Honiton and Labour’s recapture of Wakefield will put fresh pressure on the Prime Minister.

The Guardian - UK

Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton

Labour takes Wakefield and Lib Dems snatch Tiverton and Honiton, piling pressure on Boris Johnson

Reuters

Boris Johnson's Conservatives lose Wakefield at by-election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives lost the parliamentary seat of Wakefield in northern England on Friday, with voters dealing a blow to the party after months of scandals and a growing cost of living crisis.

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson facing humiliating double by-election blow

Labour was victorious in Wakefield and the Liberal Democrats said they have overturned a 24,000 Tory majority to win in Devon.

The Guardian - UK

Labour win in Wakefield proves party is ready for power, says Starmer

Simon Lightwood elected as MP in symbolic victory in ‘red wall’ seat won by Conservatives in 2019

Daily Mirror

Labour's Simon Lightwood wins Wakefield by-election - piling pressure on Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson may be thousands of miles away in Kigali, Rwanda, but his premiership will undoubtedly come under intense pressure as Labour shows signs of rebuilding back its so called Red Wall.

The Independent UK

Labour wins back red wall seat in crunch Wakefield by-election

New Labour MP Simon Lightwood says party is “rebuilding red wall”

The Independent UK

Tories braced for trouble as votes counted in crunch by-elections

Boris Johnson insisted he was optimistic and it would be “crazy” for him to quit if the Tories lost both the Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton seats.

The Independent UK

Key records in previous by-elections as polls close in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton

Conservatives last lost two by-elections on the same day in 1991

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson ‘full of optimism’ as polls close in crunch Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton by-elections

The PM said mid-term votes are “never necessarily easy for any government” amid fears of a Tory defeat

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