Beleaguered Tories to fight for every Wellingborough by-election vote after Peter Bone unseated, says minister
by Jitendra Joshi
Dec 20, 2023
3 minutes
Labour's big lead in the polls is superficial and voters feel no "burning passion" for Sir Keir Starmer, Cabinet minister Mel Stride insisted on Wednesday as the Conservatives gird for another tricky by-election battle.
The by-election - likely in February - was forced in the constituency of Wellingborough after disgraced MP Peter Bone was unseated by voters in a recall petition.
The former minister has been sitting as an independent, having lost the Conservative whip after an inquiry found he.
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