Polls open at 7am in both constituencies, with new MPs likely to be declared early on Friday.
Voters will head to the polls in two by-election tests for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as his party admitted it faces “difficult headwinds”.
Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries quit her Mid Bedfordshire seat following a row after she was not given a peerage in former prime minister Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, accusing Mr Sunak of abandoning “the fundamental principles of conservatism”.Chris Pincher, who had represented the Staffordshire seat since 2010, stood down after being found to have drunkenly groped two men in an “egregious case of sexual misconduct” at London’s exclusive Carlton Club last year.
Mr Sunak was asked during Prime Minister’s Questions about a photo of a flowchart shared by Andrew Cooper on Facebook. Asked if regretted sharing the image, he said: “Obviously it is not something I would share now in today’s world. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has held at least a double-digit lead over the Tories in opinion polls for some time.
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