UK: Conservatives keep Boris Johnson’s old seat in by-election

The conservatives British managed to retain the seat that belonged to the former prime minister Boris Johnson in by-elections that took place on Thursday in three English constituencies.

According to preliminary results published by The Times, the party of the current prime minister, Rishi Sunakmanaged to retain the seat previously held by Johnson, but suffered a severe blow after the Liberals decimated his majority of 19,000 votes in the constituencies of somerton and Fromein the southwest of England.

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BBC reports that the “tories” were prevailed by a very narrow margin of 495 votes after a recount to the Liberals in the constituency of uxbridge and South Ruislipin the suburban area of London.

According to the BBC, the seat corresponding to the constituency of selby and Ainstyin North Yorkshire (north), where the Conservatives have a majority of about 20,000 votes.

The governor Conservative Party He aspired to check his level of support in an election that was held on Thursday in three electoral constituencies in England, where until now they had a large majority.

The voters of uxbridge and South Ruislip, in London; Selby and Ainsty, in the county of North Yorkshire; and Somerton and Frome, in that of somersetthey could choose their new deputy between 06:00 and 21:00 GMT, while the results will be known first thing on Friday.

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If the “tories” de Sunak lost all three seats at the same time -which have remained vacant for different reasons-, it would be the first time that a head of government has seen himself in this situation since 1968.

laborers of Keir Starmer they are aiming to win Uxbridge and Selby, although this is not guaranteed given the majority of 7,210 and 20,137 votes respectively held by the former Conservative Party MPs.

Source: Elcomercio

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