By-elections 2023 live: Labour takes historic win in Selby & Ainsty after Tories hold Uxbridge & South Ruislip
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Labour has taken a historic win in Selby and Ainsty, overturning the biggest Conservative majority in any election in the party's history.
Keir Mather, 25, became the new MP for the North Yorkshire seat, defeating Tory Claire Holmes, after Boris Johnson's ally Nigel Adams quit as an MP with a majority of 20,137.However it was a mixed night for Keir Starmer, as the Conservatives shocked Labour in London and held Uxbridge and South Ruislip against the odds.
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Hide AdCouncillor Steve Tuckwell was declared the winner after a recount, and he blamed Labour's loss on Sadiq Khan and the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Labour had been odds on to take Boris Johnson's old seat, who resigned after the Privileges Committee report in Partygate.
In Somerton and Frome, the Liberal Democrats achieved a 29-point swing to take the West Country seat after Tory MP David Warburton resigned after admitting cocaine use amid allegations of sexual harassment.
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Sadiq Khan will 'listen to Londoners' on ULEZ
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he intends to “listen to Londoners” following Labour’s loss at the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election.
The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has suggested Labour did not win Boris Johnson’s former seat because it did not “listen to the voters'” concerns about the Ultra Low Emissions Zone. New Tory MP Steve Tuckwell said that Sadiq Khan had lost the election for Labour.
When asked about this, Khan told the PA news agency: “I think there are a variety of lessons in relation to the by-elections last night.
“I’m quite clear, I’m going to carry on doing what I have been doing over the past few years, which is to listen to Londoners on a whole range of issues, whether it is air pollution, climate change or the support they need to make that transition.
“It is because we are listening we launched the biggest scrappage scheme in the whole country without a penny of support from the government.
“It’s because we are listening we widened the eligibility some weeks ago so that more Londoners are eligibile for the scrappage scheme. We are going to carry on listening.”
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