As it happened: Labour wins Selby and Ainsty as all three crucial by-election results revealed

20 July 2023, 22:50 | Updated: 21 July 2023, 05:10

By-election results are expected in the early hours of Friday
By-election results are expected in the early hours of Friday. Picture: Alamy

By Emma Soteriou

Labour has won the by-election in Selby and Ainsty in the final of three crucial results.

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The Liberal Democrats won in Somerton and Frome and the Conservatives kept their hold on Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

The by-elections were triggered after three MPs stepped down amid separate controversies.

Former PM Boris Johnson - MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip - said he would be stepping down last month following the findings of a Privileges Committee report investigating whether he lied to Parliament about Partygate.

MP for Selby and Ainsty Nigel Adams, who was a close ally of Mr Johnson's, confirmed he would be stepping down a day later.

The third by-election took place in Somerton and Frome after MP David Warburton admitted taking cocaine.

The Prime Minister previously acknowledged that holding the seats, including Boris Johnson's former constituency, would be a "tough battle" and Tory allies have insisted the contest the party is focused on is the general election next year.

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