The Conservatives have lost two parliamentary seats in Thursday’s by-elections but unexpectedly retained Boris Johnson’s old constituency in a setback for the opposition Labour Party.
The Tories—who are trailing in the polls following a series of scandals—lost two traditional safe seats to Labour and the Liberal Democrats respectively, but held on to the marginal Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.
Senior Labour MPs have blamed the defeat in the outer London seat on mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the whole of Greater London, making it more costly to drive and exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis….