It is three years since the Tories last gained a seat at a by-election.
Labour’s Chris Webb has become the 11th person to win a by-election seat from the Conservatives since the 2019 general election
Here is a full breakdown of the Tories’ by-election scorecard so far this parliament, which now stands at 11 defeats, one gain and three holds.The first defeat came in the Buckinghamshire constituency of Chesham & Amersham, in a by-election triggered by the death of the sitting Conservative MP Dame Cheryl Gillan.
The by-election was triggered when the sitting Tory MP Owen Paterson resigned after he had been found to have breached House of Commons rules by engaging in paid lobbying. The contest had been triggered by the resignation of sitting MP Imran Ahmad Khan, following a criminal conviction for child sexual assault.The other defeat came in the Devon seat of Tiverton & Honiton, where the Tories were defending a huge majority of 24,239 but which the Liberal Democrats won on another enormous swing, this time of 29.9 points.
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke with Sir Ed Davey in Frome, Somerset, after winning the by-election In the first of another double-bill of same-day defeats, the Conservatives lost Mid Bedfordshire on a swing to Labour of 20.5 percentage points.
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