Ruling UK Conservatives suffer vote routs but avoid wipeout
Voters arrive at the South Ruislip Community Association being used as a polling station during a by-election in the northwest London constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip on July 20. – AFP pic, July 21, 2023.
BRITAIN’S ruling Conservatives today held the former seat of ex-prime minister Boris Johnson but saw hefty majorities in two other seats blown away as scandals and high inflation took their toll. Rishi Sunak was expected to become the first prime minister to lose three parliamentary seats on one day, but was spared that humiliation due to a narrow victory in the west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
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