Tag: byelections
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By-elections latest: Blow for Sunak as Labour overturns Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire seats
[ad_1] Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections: Key statistics Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak suffered major blows in two fiercely contested by-elections, with the Tories’ huge majority in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire evaporating. Overturning the biggest majority in…
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Leaked Tory memo reveals fears party will lose half of vote share in key by-elections
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives expect to lose half their vote share at two upcoming parliamentary by-elections this month, a leaked internal memo suggests. The document, written for the Tory Party chairman Greg Hands, cites…
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Tory minister admits ‘we could lose’ three byelections as Labour takes 24-point lead
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak could lose all three byelections this week, a Tory minister has admitted as the party braces itself for a series of damaging defeats on Thursday. It come as Labour increased…
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Could the Conservatives lose five by-elections?
[ad_1] The seat could have particular resonance, as one Labour figure points out. In 1996, a year before Tony Blair came to power, Labour won an old version of the seat (South East Staffordshire) – overturning a Conservative majority of 7,192 to win by a massive 13,762. The Conservative majority Labour would need to overturn…
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What to watch for in Monday’s 4 federal byelections
[ad_1] 4 new MPs are set to be elected to the Home of Commons Monday in a handful of byelections that political watchers say might expose rifts throughout the Conservative social gathering and convey a brand new Liberal cupboard hopeful into the fold. The Liberals are anticipated to carry on to seats in Winnipeg and…
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Tory chaos: opposition parties eye by-elections
[ad_1] In Westminster, the parliamentary Privileges Committee report into the Partygate scandal is because of be revealed within the subsequent few days. In the meantime campaigning has begun in three constituencies after the resignations of Boris Johnson and his allies, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams who didn’t make Mr Johnson’s resignation honours listing. Anja Popp…
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Four federal byelections to be held next month
[ad_1] Voters can be heading to the polls for federal byelections subsequent month in 4 electoral districts in Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced the byelections for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Quebec; Oxford, Ontario; Portage–Lisgar, Manitoba; and Winnipeg South Centre, Manitoba can be held on June 19. One race comes after the…