U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ruling Conservative Party suffered another crushing double by-election defeat on Thursday.
In Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Labour produced a 28.5% vote swing, the second-largest since 1945, to win 45.9% of the vote compared to the Conservatives' 24.6%.
In Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Labour produced a 28.5% vote swing, according to House of Commons data — marking the party's second-largest since 1945 — to win 45.9% of the vote. This compared to a 24.6% result for the Conservatives. The seat was vacated when former Conservative MP Chris Skidmore resigned in January in protest over the Conservative Party's plan to issue new oil and gas licences in the North Sea.
in the West Midlands. In June, the Conservatives lost the northern English seat of Selby and Ainsty to Labour, while the smaller Liberal Democrats took the southwestern constituency of Somerton and Frome.
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