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UK PM Johnson's Conservatives lose Wakefield at by-election

UK PM Johnson's Conservatives lose Wakefield at by-election
UK PM Johnson's Conservatives lose Wakefield at by-election Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2022
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives lost the parliamentary seat of Wakefield in northern England on Friday, with voters dealing a blow to the party after months of scandals and a growing cost of living crisis.

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Opposition Labour Party candidate Simon Lightwood won the Wakefield by-election by a majority of 4,925 votes, winning back a seat that Labour had lost in 2019 for the first time in 90 years.

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