Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton
Labour takes Wakefield and Lib Dems snatch Tiverton and Honiton, piling pressure on Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has faced a double hammer blow to his authority after the Conservatives lost the Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton byelections on the same night, prompting Oliver Dowden, the party chair, to resign.
Labour took Wakefield, while the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000-plus majority to snatch Tiverton and Honiton.
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