PM suffers double blow as Labour wins Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections
Rishi Sunak has suffered a double blow after losing both the Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections.
Labour overturned majorities of 11,220 and 18,540, delivering the Government’s ninth and tenth by-election defeats of the current Parliament and securing its second largest swing from the Conservatives ever.
Gen Kitchen secured Wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote, while Damien Egan won Kingswood with 44.9% of the vote.
The results provided Labour with a boost after a U-turn on the party’s pledge to spend £28 billion on green projects and an
