The results from Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire represent one of the worst by-election nights that any government has had to endure.
In Tamworth, the 23.9% swing from Conservative to Labour was the second highest in post-war by-election history. No government has previously lost so safe a seat – the Conservatives had a 42% majority in 2019 – to the principal opposition party in a by-election contest.
Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections ‘one of worst nights any government has endured’, BBC News
It is almost as if the country is waking up to the idea that almost anyone is better than the Tories.
Here are the results in graphical form – thanks to the BBC.
If this loss rate carries over into the general election the Sunak’s Conservatives could face utter humiliation. I am okay with this.
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