The result is fully in line with disappointing Conservative Party polls in the UK. Samantha Dixon won the election on behalf of Labor by more than 11,000 votes ahead of her Conservative challenger Liz Wardlaw.
Experts say Prime Minister Sunak’s party is on a collision course with an election defeat in 2024, a thought only further fueled by the announced departure of some Conservative MPs.
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Former Finance Minister Sajid Javid, among others, has announced he will not return to the House of Commons after the next national election, now that the Conservative Party looks likely to miss a majority for the first time since 2010.
Chester’s borough election was the first since the chaotic changing of the guard following the resignation of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was succeeded by Liz Truss, who was also called out after just 45 days over market reactions to her policies fiscal . Since then, Rishi Sunak has been in the saddle as British prime minister.
The Labor Party has been the largest in the Chester constituency since 2015, although at the time it won the constituency by just 93 more votes than the Conservatives, who were the largest from 2010 to 2015. This made it the smallest margin in the UK during that election.
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The governing party rarely wins in these so-called mid-term elections, which take place outside national elections. “It is always difficult for governing parties to win mid-term elections,” said a Conservative spokesman. “Especially if that party has been in power for twelve years. And it should be clear that this seat has been won by Labor three elections in a row.”