21 July 2023

Triple by-election bonanza – as it happened

The Tories have lost two of the three by-elections but retained Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Welcome to the New Statesman’s liveblog of results night, helmed by Ben Walker of Britain Elects. Polls close in Selby and Ainsty, Somerton and Frome and Uxbridge and South Ruislip at 10pm, and we expect seats declarations in the early hours of Friday morning. Three key seats in three disparate corners of England – let’s see how they vote…

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Ben Walker

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Ben Walker is a senior data journalist at the New Statesman and writes extensively about elections and UK public opinion. He is the co-founder of poll aggregator Britain Elects.