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Labour wins in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

Labour has snatched two previously safe Tory seats from the Conservatives in what has been described as a “political earthquake” for Rishi Sunak and his government. Sir Keir Starmer’s party overturned strong Conservative majorities in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth, with the leader claiming Labour was “redrawing the political map” ahead of a general election expected next year. In Mid Bedfordshire, Alistair Strathern, the new MP, delivered the largest majority overturned by Labour at a by-election since 1945. He won by just over 1,000 votes after a bitter three-way race between Labour, the Lib Dems, and the Tories. In Tamworth, Sarah Edwards countered a 19,000 Conservative majority. Labour will be hoping the result is a repetition of history — the party won Tamworth from the Tories in a by-election in 1996 before winning a landslide at the general election. The result in Tamworth was the second-highest-ever by-election swing to Labour. Edwards used her acceptance speech to demand Sunak call a general election. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on Twitter:   / thetimes   Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes