Tories Avoid By-election Wipeout but Remain in ‘Deep Electoral Trouble’

Tories Avoid By-election Wipeout but Remain in ‘Deep Electoral Trouble’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell arriving at the Rumbling Tum cafe in Uxbridge, west London, on July 21, 2023. Jordan Pettitt/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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The Conservatives have lost two parliamentary seats in Thursday’s by-elections but unexpectedly retained Boris Johnson’s old constituency in a setback for the opposition Labour Party.

The Tories—who are trailing in the polls following a series of scandals—lost two traditional safe seats to Labour and the Liberal Democrats respectively, but held on to the marginal Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.