![]() ![]() The centrist Liberal Democrats are favored to win in southwest England's Somerton and Frome, whose Conservative legislator, David Warburton, quit over allegations of cocaine use and sexual misconduct.Ī trio of Conservative defeats would increase grumbles that Sunak is failing to turn the party’s fortunes around after the mayhem caused by the scandal-plagued Johnson.Ĭonservative lawmaker Steve Brine – one of almost 50 Tory parliamentarians who say they'll step down before the next national election, due by the end of 2024 – quipped this week that the party’s doldrums were the result of “Long Boris,” the political equivalent of Long COVID. Labour hopes to win Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in suburban London, as well as the mixed urban-rural Selby and Ainsty constituency vacated by Johnson ally Nigel Adams in northern England. He quit as a lawmaker last month, almost a year after resigning as prime minister, when a standards watchdog concluded he’d lied to Parliament about lawbreaking parties in his office during the coronavirus pandemic.Īn ally followed Johnson out the door, and another lawmaker has resigned amid sex and drugs allegations, triggering the three by-elections. The three elections are part of the still-rippling shockwaves from the turbulent term of ex-leader Boris Johnson. The last time a governing party lost three by-elections in one day was in 1968 under Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. It could be different, or at least rare, if the Conservatives lose all three seats. “I don’t expect these to be any different from that.” ![]() “Midterm by-elections for incumbent governments are always difficult,” Sunak said Monday. is holding three special elections for House of Commons seats on Thursday that will let a broad cross-section of voters - in northern England, southwest England and on London’s suburban fringe - deliver a verdict on the party that has governed Britain since 2010. LONDON (AP) - Bad things may come in threes for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from voters this week. ![]()
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