Voters Go To The Polls In Three By-Elections In England

[naomi24]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66250591

Anyone placing any bets?

[naomi24]

Haha! Get ready to collect your winnings, quizmaster, :o)

[ClareTG0ld]

Absolutely not.

It'll be interesting to see the results, mind. By-elections often go against the Government (NB *not* always), so in that sense I wouldn't be surprised if the Tories go 0/3, but the scale of any defeat could still be revealing.

[anneasquith]

By elections are not the best attended, be interesting if more voters come out for these ones
.

[Peter Pedant]

god I am trying to think of a bye election which followed the govt

Lubbock (*) 1962 to the libs - Later lord Avon (*)
Gordon walker 1964 (*) losing 2 by elections inc famously Smethwick - if you want a n (***) for a neighbour vote labour

[Peter Pedant]

(*) who all dey den

[andy-hughes]

Pundits and analysers will be busy trying to pretend that these results are an indication of potential General Election results -

They never are, people vote in greater numbers, and sometimes differently, depending on prevailing factors, so it's not an accurate indicator at all, although people on here will attempt to convince us all otherwise.

[ichkeria]

I don’t think they do actually.
Everyone knows by elections are often not like normal elections.
But three defeats for the Tories would be a shocker and just for fun I will predict that. I haven’t seen any polling for them.

[Gromit]

Conservatives to hold Shelby.
LibDems win Uxbridge.
Dunno at Frome.

[mushroom25]

you don't fancy Count Binface for Uxbridge then Gromit?

[puzzled54]

I’m off to vote soon

[carolegif]

I suspect many Tory voters won’t vote in protest at Rishi Sunak’s government. Many Tories didn’t want him anyway!
Uxbridge is going to be in Kahn’s ULEZ Zone and that may impact on the vote. If Lib Dems win all 3 seats. Where does that leave Labour?

[youngmafbog]

//If Lib Dems win all 3 seats. Where does that leave Labour?//

Same as they are now, as pointed out above by-elections dont mean anything come GE day.

And as they say a week in politics is a long time.

Just out of interest, I've not really examined the candidates, are there any real Tories putting up or are they just more New Labour clones?

[carolegif]

Nobody has heard of any of them! On Sky News Press Preview last night, even the presenter said they were non-entities! It’s as if the Tories aren’t interested in winning!

[JimF]

Uxbridge and South Ruislip:
Danny Beales, Labour
Steve Tuckwell, Conservative

Selby and Ainsty:
Keir Mather, Labour
Claire Holmes, Conservative

Somerton and Frome:
Neil Guild, Labour Party
Faye Purbrick, Conservative

Me neither...

[ichkeria]

Why would anyone be likely to have heard of the candidates?
FWIW Labour are like to be the main challenger in Uxbridge (which they will surely win) and in Selby.
The LibDems in Somerton.
I’d have thought Selby would be the Tories main hope given the majority and the reason for the vacancy perhaps too,
You’d think Somerton would also be safe but the Lib Dems have recent history which suggests no Tory majority is safe

[ichkeria]

“LibDems win Uxbridge. ”

That might have Keir Starmer needing the sick bag.
Would be a monumental shock.

[ichkeria]

Well the Lib Dems as expected steam rollered it in Somerton & Frome while the Conservatives held on in Uxbridge aster a recount.
Labour appears to be heading for a record win in Selby

[Gromit]

As usual I got that completely wrong ;-)

[Peter Pedant]

Y did Quith mathter get zapped? - answer no 1?
like Farage - we will never know - but we all know it was done in the best parsible taste

yes Frome - Lib dems - my fambly worked v hard for that one. Will the south west be Lib Dem at the General Election - clearly the lib dems hope so