and party leader sir ed davey tweeted that the result had sent a shockwave through british politics . the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the liberal democrats sarah green won by more than 8000 votes. 0n the subject of strong and independent voices in ourworld, i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you can t. i am here tonight to tell you you can, you must, and you will. every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value. that is what the liberal democrats stand for and that is what the people of chesham and amersham have voted for. this conservative party has taken people across our country for granted for far too long. we will continue the work of
democrats, daisy cooper, earlier on tonight, she said the party were under no illusions that they had a mountain to climb to win this election in the seat that s the bluest of the blue. but not only have they climbed the mountain tonight but they ve run down the other side with a swing of 25% on the vote from the previous election. andy, what do you think is going on here? is this you know, it s a by election is this clearly a collection of issues, national and local? what are the kind of issues that were being voted on? well, if you look at what s happened in buckinghamshire locally, at the local elections this year, there has been a trend where the lib dems have done a lot better for instance, they took the amersham town council there, with the mayor being now a liberal democrat, and in the unitary councils, where it s been conservative, again, since the 1890s, they took 15 of the 147 seats. ok, that still gives the conservatives 113, but that is 15 seats and making them the
pilot or driver, but there have been a series of races involving these cars or drones, that will happen late on this year. let s just remind you of our top story this hour. british prime minister, borisjohnson s conservative party has suffered a by election defeat, as the liberal democrats scored an historic win in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan who died in april. it s been a conservative stronghold since the seat was created in 197a. the liberal democrats sarah green won by more than 8,000 votes. the party leader, sired davey said the result sent a shockwave through british politics . that is it from me. there is always plenty more online. to download the bbc news app. if
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holding this government to account for letting covered rip through care homes, we will speak up for the 3 million people excluded for financial support throughout the pandemic and we will challenge boris johnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing out small businesses. democrats will ensure they will be held accountable and they will be scrutinised. the bbc s andy holmes is at the count in chesham. great to see you. a great result for the lib dems? this has been result for the lib dems? this has been a result for the lib dems? this has been a seat result for the lib dems? this has been a seat that - result for the lib dems? this has been a seat that has - result for the lib dems? ti 3 has been a seat that has been conservative since 197a. the last 1a elections and chesham and amersham has seen the conservatives went by a majority of 10,000. you have to go back 100 years the last time there was a liberal mp here but tha