Tories reeling from huge by-election defeats urge Sunak to change course as support is ‘collapsing’
Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure from within his own party to change course amid warnings that historic back-to-back by-election defeats show support for the Conservatives is “collapsing” .
Labour overturned huge Tory majorities to take the seats of Kingswood, in Gloucestershire, and Wellingborough, in Northamptonshire, hours after official figures showed the UK had fallen into recession.
The results set a nearly 60-year record, with the government presiding over more by-election losses in a single parliament than any administration since the 1960s.
The Wellingborough result also saw the largest ever drop in the Conservatives’ vote share in a by-election, surpassing Christchurch in 1993.
Labour leader Sir said the results
