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Denzil_DC

(8,711 posts)
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:45 PM Aug 2019

Lib Dems win Brecon & Radnorshire by-election [View all]

Their candidate, Jane Dodds, beat the incumbent Tory, Chris Davies, who'd been recalled after an expenses scandal.

Lib Dems 13826
Tories 12401
Brexit Party 3331
Labour 1680
Monster Raving Loony Party 334
UKIP 242

Plaid Cymru and the Greens didn't stand, in order to maximize the chances of defeating the Tories.

This reduces the Tories' majority in parliament to one (at time of writing - there have been rumours that a Lib Dem win might trigger defections over the next day or so).

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