But the Lib Dems are also hopeful they can snap up the traditionally safe Tory constituency from third place in 2019.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats are vying to overturn Nadine Dorries’ majority in Mid Bedfordshire
Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds campaigns with Labour’s Mid Bedfordshire by-election candidate Alistair Strathern Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said he is “increasingly confident we have a really good chance” of nabbing Ms Dorries’ seat. Although the party came third in Mid Bedfordshire in 2019, with 8,000 votes, Sir Ed pointed to recent by-elections where it won seats from third place, such as in Tiverton and Honiton.
She had come under mounting pressure – including from fellow Tory MPs – to act on her June 9 pledge to step down with “immediate effect” in protest at not getting a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list.
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