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Labour leader thought loss to Tories in byelection meant party going backward, according to new biography

Defeat in either Wellingborough or Kingswood would see the Government break the record for most by-election defeats since the 1960s.

Blow for Rishi Sunak as former Lewisham mayor Damien Egan elected in South Gloucestershire seat

Labour won 11,176 votes, while the Conservatives took 8,675. Reform UK came in third with 2,578 votes - meaning their vote combined with the Tories would be more than the Labour vote.

Labour has taken Kingswood from the Conservatives, in another by-election victory for Sir Keir Starmer's party.

Britains opposition Labour Party won a by-election in the southwestern English town of Kingswood on Friday, dealing a blow to the governing Conservatives before a national vote expected later... -February 15, 2024 at 09:02 pm EST - MarketScreener

Gen Kitchen and Damien Egan will join the Labour benches after wins in Wellingborough and Kingswood respectively, the partys first victories in the seats for two decades.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has suffered a double defeat at the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections, with opposition leader Keir Starmer hailing the results as a sign the public wants...

Damien Egan overturned a Conservative majority of 11,220.

The swing from Conservative to Labour at Wellingborough was the second largest of its kind since the Second World War.