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By-election special: Tory wipeout, interrupted

Our analysis of a frightful night for Rishi Sunak.

In a terrible night of results for Rishi Sunak in rural England, Labour faltered in outer London.

Rachel Cunliffe, Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Wearmouth and Ben Walker analyse the results of the by-elections in Somerton and Frome, Selby and Ainsty, and Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

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