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A man checks the list of candidates outside a polling station during the by-election to choose the successor of Boris Johnson's seat in Britain's parliament in Uxbridge, Britain, July 20, 2023. /Reuters
The chairman of Britain's governing Conservative Party said on Friday there were lessons to be learned for all parties after the Conservatives lost two strategically important parliamentary seats, but unexpectedly retained one.
"There are lessons to be learned ... as to how people are feeling about the Labour Party, but clearly there are lessons to be learned for everybody," Conservative Party Chairman Greg Hands told Times Radio.
The main opposition Labour party took the northern England seat of Selby and Ainsty by 16,456 votes to 12,295, in the process overturning its biggest deficit at a by-election since World War Two.
Labour leader Keir Starmer tweeted that "last night, Selby and Ainsty made history. "This incredible result shows how powerful the demand for change is," he added.
In the southwestern England seat of Somerton and Frome, the Liberal Democrats won by 21,187 to 10,179, with winning candidate Sarah Dyke celebrating a "stunning and historic victory" and taking aim at the "woeful government."
The Tories clinched ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, with 13,965 votes to 13,470.
(With input from agencies)
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