Rishi Sunak suffers double by-electoin defeat

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Rishi Sunak faced double by-election defeat in safe Tory seats, with Labour and Lib Dems overturning majorities of about 20,000. Labour won Selby & Ainsty, while Lib Dems took Somerton & Frome, making Tory MPs concerned about their own majorities. Yet, Sunak avoided being the first PM since 1968 to lose three by-elections, as Labour couldn't secure victory in Boris Johnson's former seat of Uxbridge & South Ruislip. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Maither Kier Alexander, Labour Party, 16,456.

00:09 [Applause]

00:18 I hereby declare that Kier Maither is duly elected.

00:23 [Applause]

00:37 Tuckwell Stephen, commonly known as Steve Tuckwell, the Conservative Party candidate, 13,965.

00:45 [Applause]

00:50 And I hereby declare that the said Steve Tuckwell is duly elected.

00:55 [Applause]

01:06 Okay, wow.

01:08 Dyke Sarah Joanne, Liberal Democrats, 21,187.

01:16 [Applause]

01:23 And I do hereby declare that Sarah Joanne Dyke has been duly elected as the Member of Parliament for the Somerton and Throom constituency.

01:34 [Applause]

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