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By-election results: Your questions answered after Tories lose two seats but cling onto a third

Sky News Friday, 21 July 2023
The Conservatives have suffered two by-election defeats in what had been seen as safe seats.
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News video: By-elections: Rishi Sunak's Conservatives lose two seats

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The Conservatives have retained just one of the seats up for grabs in yesterday’s three by-elections. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party held on to Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip as Steve Tuckwell won with a majority of just 495 votes. However, two traditionally safe...

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