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UK by-election results: Everything you need to know in graphs

Key facts and statistics from the results of Thursday’s by-elections

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Record swing in Selby but Starmer faces ‘serious questions’ as Labour fails to take Uxbridge

Labour had been widely expected to overturn a 7,000 majority in the outer London seat, but candidate Danny Beales fell short

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

New MP jokes he’s ‘heard far worse’ when asked about being ‘Baby of the House’

Labour’s Keir Mather, 25, will become the youngest MP in the Commons after overturning a 20,137 majority in Selby & Ainsty.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Sunak dealt two by-election blows as Tories cling on in Boris Johnson’s former seat – live

Huge Tory majorities overturned in Somerset and Yorkshire, as Sunak clings on in Uxbridge

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Voters head to polls in three byelections seen as test of Rishi Sunak’s premiership – as it happened

Voters are picking new MPs in the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

‘Even hanging on to one would be a win’: Tories brace for byelection results

Votes in the three very different seats could indicate general election swings and prompt cabinet reshuffle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

‘Lots of Tories won’t vote’: can Labour really take Selby and Ainsty?

Voters in the former mining constituency turned Tory stronghold suggest the Conservatives have their work cut out in the forthcoming byelection

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

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 · Jul 17, 2023

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 · Jul 17, 2023

Selby and Ainsty by-election voters say result ‘going to be tight’

Tory Nigel Adams secured a majority of more than 20,000 in 2019 but Labour is fighting hard to overturn it.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023