get over the line in uxbridge, boris johnson s old seat. in selby, they say that is too close to call. for the liberal democrats smiles on theirfaces, they think the liberal democrats smiles on their faces, they think they will do well in somerton and froome. the conservatives think their problem is they re not managing to turn out their vote. they think the problem is high inflation and the legacy of the liz truss government. on the the up the liz truss government. on the the up side they say there is zero switching from labour to conservative and it could be a different story come the general election. and also they re confident that boris johnson election. and also they re confident that borisjohnson is now history and nobody is objecting to rishi sunak on the doorsteps. for labour, they believe that in uxbridge their vote is coming out in the right areas. here in this seat, a 20,000 majority nor the conservatives, so they don t have much of a presence. they don t have the data, but
it is still referenced in ongoing cases. what might seem academic in the uk, has real life consequences for women in the us. kate lamble there. and that investigation was produced by hannah barnes. we first broke the story this morning on the bbc news website and in the hours since we did so, three more members of the british journal of pyshciatry s wider editorial board have also resigned. one told us they did so as a matter of principle and in solidarity with others who have stood down. a deputy editor of the journal also resigned last week. we are still waiting to try to keep to a conservative mp david simmonds, who was due to speak to news uxbridge. that is the back of a sky tv presenter. but we don t have him yet. we are scouring high and low to find a conservative mp to answer the
we speak to the world food programme. good evening. 53%, 56%, 60% - those are the conservative vote shares at the last general election for the seats where counting has begun. it is quite an exraordinary state of affairs that all three are up for grabs tonight. there are very big questions notjust for the pm, but also for the opposition, as returing officers crack open the ballot boxes to count the votes. in north yorkshire, in somerset and in uxbridge, former home of borisjohnson. in a moment we ll be speaking to david simmonds who s at the count in uxbridge. labour party chair anneliese dodds. at the somerset and frome count is christine jardine, the lib dem spokeswoman for the cabinet office, women and equalities and scotland. and nick watt will be joining us from selby in a moment, but firstjoe s here to explain what s at stake.
democrats say taking seats off the tories are evidence of their resurgence. keep an eye on swing, on turn out and tactical voting. but why are we so intrigued about tonight? obviously because we have three by elections in seats the government is defending happening all on one day. but what makes it more fascinating is that these are taking place in three very drcht different parts of the country. uxbridge is the one labour should win, borisjohnson s old seat has a smallish majority. they only need a swing of 7.5 percentage points. there have been some demographic shifts as younger families move. but there are a lot of motorists and siddique khan s emission zone is divisive. and the yorkshire a larger
they re too cautious to say they have got it. for the liberal democrats, somerton and froome was their seat until 2015, they think they re doing well there and they will be saying tomorrow they re now backin will be saying tomorrow they re now back in their old heartland of the west country. back in their old heartland of the west country- west country. some classic expectations west country. some classic| expectations management, west country. some classic - expectations management, give your view of the by elections. i4141431111 expectations management, give your view of the by-elections. view of the by-elections. well let s start here in view of the by-elections. well let s start here in selby, view of the by-elections. well let s start here in selby, it view of the by-elections. well let s start here in selby, it has - view of the by-elections. well let s start here in selby, it has been - start here in selby, it has been held by the conservatives since 2010. a 20,000 maj