Rishi Sunak faced double by-election defeat in safe Tory seats, with Labour and Lib Dems overturning majorities of about 20,000. Labour won Selby & Ainsty, while Lib Dems took Somerton & Frome, making Tory MPs concerned about their own majorities. Yet, Sunak avoided being the first PM since 1968 to lose three by-elections, as Labour couldn't secure victory in Boris Johnson's former seat of Uxbridge & South Ruislip. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Maither Kier Alexander, Labour Party, 16,456.
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00:18 I hereby declare that Kier Maither is duly elected.
00:23 [Applause]
00:37 Tuckwell Stephen, commonly known as Steve Tuckwell, the Conservative Party candidate, 13,965.
00:45 [Applause]
00:50 And I hereby declare that the said Steve Tuckwell is duly elected.
00:55 [Applause]
01:06 Okay, wow.
01:08 Dyke Sarah Joanne, Liberal Democrats, 21,187.
01:16 [Applause]
01:23 And I do hereby declare that Sarah Joanne Dyke has been duly elected as the Member of Parliament for the Somerton and Throom constituency.
01:34 [Applause]