Two Record Defeats And Yet, a Claim of a Score Draw
This parliamentary cycle began with one of the Conservatives’ greatest ever by-election results, their gain of Hartlepool from Labour in May 2021, yet last week they narrowly escaped the fate of Harold Wilson’s Labour government in March 1968 of losing three seats in one day.
This note takes a careful look at each of the recent by-election results and analyses what each means for the main parties involved.