The double defeat showed a dramatic slump in support for the Conservatives.
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time and opportunities to close the gap on Labour.
The main opposition Labour Party won the seat of Mid-Bedfordshire, an area about 80km north of London, overturning a majority of almost 25,000, making it the biggest deficit the party has overcome in a by-election since 1945. Sunak, a 43-year-old former investment banker, has recently tried to cast himself as a bold reformer and no longer the cautious technocrat who restored some of Britain’s credibility after scandals and economic turmoil forced his two predecessors from office.
In a speech at his party’s conference this month, Sunak sought to cast himself as a bold reformer who was willing to take tough decisions to revive the economy. The contests in Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth were caused by the high-profile resignations of politicians close to former prime minister Boris Johnson.
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