Reform UK makes gains as Tory losses mount in double by-election drubbing
by Zoe Grunewald
Feb 16, 2024
3 minutes
Right-wing challenger party Reform UK has secured its best by-election results yet as Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg bemoaned his party’s performance and warned they should “learn from” the drubbing.
Richard Tice’s party scored double-digit shares of the vote in both Wellingborough and Kingswood overnight, as the party leader called it a “defining moment” that showed Reform to be a “significant force now in British politics and that people have got to take us seriously”.
, as Labour overturned huge Tory majorities
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