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Rishi Sunak admits crunch by-elections will prove ‘difficult’ for Tories

All eyes in Westminster will be on Thursday’s by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty, and Somerton and Frome

Evening Standard

Sunak admits crunch by-elections will prove ‘difficult’ for Tories

All eyes in Westminster will be on the by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty as well as Somerton and Frome on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Count Binface aims dig at Johnson’s honours list as he targets former PM’s seat

Comedian Jon Harvey will stand as Count Binface and plans to repeal Boris Johnson’s nominations if he is elected as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

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Sunak to face crunch by-elections as Tories battle to keep seats

All eyes in Westminster will be on the by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty as well as Somerton and Frome on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Count Binface: “Suddenly I’m the sanest successor to Boris”

Piers Corbyn? Laurence Fox? Howling Laud Hope? Count Binface is looking like a good bet in Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Evening Standard

‘Going to be close’: nerves fray before byelection in Boris Johnson’s old seat

Uxbridge and South Ruislip would be huge win for Labour or Conservatives – but canvassing lays bare difficulties facing both

The Guardian - UK

Struggling Rishi Sunak admits by-elections will be 'difficult' amid dire polling

The Tories face potential defeats in three polls in Uxbridge and South Ruislip; Selby and Ainsty; and Somerton and Frome next Thursday

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By-elections 2023: Where are they and who are the candidates?

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer target two seats in October as former top Tories move on

Evening Standard

Rishi’s reckoning: Labour ahead in Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge seat and in Tory stronghold, says poll

EXCLUSIVE: Labour has eight-point lead in Boris Johnson’s ex-constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip as parties campaign on cost-of-living, NHS, crime and Ulez

Evening Standard

Tory hoping to replace Boris Johnson voted to hike taxes, rents and parking permit costs

Local councillor Steve Tuckwell opposed measures to help reduce poverty despite the cost of living crisis causing food bank usage rise in his community

Daily Mirror

By-election date confirmed for Boris Johnson’s London constituency

Conservatives will defend two by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Selby and Ainsty on July 20

Evening Standard

OPINION - It’s Starmtroopers vs Rishi’s irregulars in the battle of MP selections

It’s by-election season in Westminster — and more’s at stake than simply whether Team Boris’s kamikaze mission to wound Rishi Sunak with three MP resignations will have its desired effect. After the former prime minister and his two supporters – Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries – quit in a row…

Evening Standard

Candidate fighting to replace Boris Johnson says voters 'sick' of Tory psychodrama

Labour's Danny Beales insisted voters are 'desperate' for a full-time MP as he declared that the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election is a chance for a 'fresh start'

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak fires starting gun for by-election in Boris Johnson’s ex-constituency of Uxbridge

Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun on Wednesday for a by-election in Boris Johnson’s ex-constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

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The Conversation

Boris Johnson resignation: why Rishi Sunak can't afford to lose more than one of three impending byelections

The turmoil in the Conservative party unleashed by Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament has triggered three separate byelections. The first is in the former prime minister’s London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where he had a majority of just over 7,000 votes in 2019 with Labour in second…

The Conversation

Boris Johnson has triggered a bumper byelection bonanza – I studied 148 past contests to find out what we can expect

The UK is facing three byelections in constituencies all vacated within 24 hours of one another. Former prime minister Boris Johnson announced he was leaving parliament with immediate effect on June 9, leaving his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituents in need of a new MP. His vocal supporter Nadine Dorries…

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson formally steps down as MP

Confirmation of ex-PM resigning Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat follows period of frequent overseas trips and Commons’ absences

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams: who might win their seats?

What are the opposition parties’ chances of winning the byelections triggered by the three Tory resignations?

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The Independent UK

What by-elections mean for Rishi Sunak as Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams step down

With Labour commanding a strong poll lead, Starmer’s party could win Johnson’s old seat

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's resignation statement in FULL as he lashes out over Partygate humiliation

The disgraced former PM said he was 'bewildered and appalled that I'm being forced out’ as he announced he would quit as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip immediately

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson quits as Tory MP after committee finds he misled parliament

Boris Johnson is standing down as the Tory MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, triggering an immediate by-election.

Daily Mirror

Retiring Tory MP says Boris Johnson will get his old Commons seat 'over my dead body'

Quizzed about whether the former Prime Minister could return to Henley rather than contesting his more vulnerable Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat, outgoing MP John Howell responded: "Over my dead body"

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's old Tory safe seat becomes vacant - fuelling rumours of cowardly swap

The ex-PM has faced speculation he could attempt to switch to Henley, where he used to be the MP, after his majority in Uxbridge and South Ruislip dipped at the last election

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak to give Tory MPs ‘free vote on Boris Johnson’s future,’ reports

If Mr Johnson is found to have misled Parliament and suspended for more than 10 days, he would face a recall petition in his seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson WILL fight seat Labour says is 'winnable' at next General Election

It comes following speculation that the former prime minister might seek out a safer seat, ahead of the next General Election

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