BREAKING: By-elections: Rishi Sunak faces triple blow as polls close in three seats - including Boris Johnson's old constituency
Of the three by-elections, the result in Selby and Ainsty - a Labour vs Conservative contest - is the most interesting.A Tory loss would mean Labour overturning the biggest ever Tory majority at a by-election - a record last set in 1990 in Mid Staffordshire.
I'm stunned Labour didn't do better expectation management - they allowed the idea to take hold that a win was priced in.A Labour spokesman said they"don't know if we've made it over the line" - but claimed that"Keir Starmer's leadership of a changed Labour Party, back in the service of working people, has seen voters put their trust in us".
Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson, said:"If we succeed in overturning the huge 19,000 majority in Somerton and Frome, in what should be a safe Conservative seat, it would mark a watershed moment for the Liberal Democrats. "It would prove yet again that in vast swathes of the country, from Somerset to Surrey, the best way to get rid of this Conservative government is to vote for the Liberal Democrats."Results are not expected until the small hours of the morning at the earliest - especially if the results are close.
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