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Reform UK, UKIP and Britain First win a combined vote of 9.4 per cent in low-turnout Tamworth by-election

Right of Conservative parties Reform UK, UKIP and Britain First amassed a combined 9.4 per cent of the vote at the Tamworth by-election, with each party individually besting the Liberal Democrats and Greens.  Reform UK, the restyled Brexit party which is led by Richard Tice, won 5.4 per cent of the vote.  Britain First, a… Read more »

By-elections: Starmer says Labour ‘redrawing the political map’ as it takes Tamworth and Mid Beds from Conservatives

The Conservatives have suffered twin losses in the Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer hailed the “phenomenal” news as he said Labour was “redrawing the political map”. Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands argued the Conservatives must “reflect” on the circumstances leading up its two by-election defeats. Hands’ party suffered a titanic… Read more »