Labour retakes Wakefield and the once-safe seat of Tiverton and Honiton goes to the Lib Dems.
In Tiverton and Honiton, where former MP Neil Parish quit after he was found watching pornography in the House of Commons, the Lib Dems took 22,537 votes, beating the Conservatives by 6,144.In his victory speech, Lib Dem candidate Simon Foord said: "Tonight, the people of Tiverton and Honiton have spoken for Britain.And in Wakefield, where a Labour victory had been largely expected, the party won by 4,925 votes.
In his victory speech, Labour candidate Simon Lightwood also attacked the prime minister, saying: "Tonight, the people of Wakefield have spoken on behalf of the British people. "They have said unreservedly, 'Boris Johnson, your contempt for this country is no longer tolerated. Your government has no ideas, no plan to address the big issues facing our country.'"
Wakefield's previous MP, Imran Ahmad, resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Mr Johnson, who is attending a Commonwealth leaders' summit in Rwanda, suggested before the results that it would be "crazy" for him to quit if the Conservatives lost the two seats, saying mid-term by-elections were "never necessarily easy for any government".
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