Wellingborough by-election: Will voters punish the Tories for Peter Bone’s sins?
If the Tories were trying to hold onto disgraced ex-MP Peter Bone’s seat, you could be forgiven for not noticing.
On a grey Wednesday morning in early February, during the 20-minute walk from Wellingborough station to the town centre, there was not a single Conservative poster or billboard to be seen.
This is the very same market town that voted in Boris Johnson’s government in 2019 with a whopping 18,540 majority.
As the large Victorian terraced houses give way to smaller shops and family-run bistros, you finally pass Conservative candidate Helen Harrison’s campaign headquarters.
It is a derelict single room with a . Bar some of Ms Harrison’s posters hung
