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17 Dec, 10 tweets, 4 min read
Lib Dem candidate Helen Morgan overturned a huge Tory majority to triumph in the North Shropshire by-election in a shock result.

Here’s the latest news from this morning, as the prime minister is warned he is 'on last strike' 👇
Watch the moment the Liberal Democrats won the North Shropshire by-election.

Helen Morgan polled 17,957 votes, while the Tory candidate Neil Shastri-Hurst was second on 12,032
'Boris Johnson, the party is over'

"Tonight, the people of North Shropshire have spoken on behalf of the British people," says new Lib Dem MP Helen Morgan as she marks her historic North Shropshire win
Here are the final results of the North Shropshire by-election ⬇️

The swing from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats was 34.2% - marking the second largest such swing since 1945, says Sky News election analyst Michael Thrasher
‘A swing of 34.2% from Conservative to Lib Dem is the second largest since the war, bettered only by Christchurch in 1993.’

Professor Michael Thrasher, Sky News elections analyst, reflects on the shock result 👇

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“Voters in North Shropshire were fed up and they gave us a kicking.”

Conservative Party Chair, Oliver Dowden reacts to a shock defeat in the North Shropshire by-election, saying he has heard the voters “loud and clear”
‘It's these attacks that will alarm Conservative MPs and turn up the heat on Boris Johnson at the end of a week when 100 of his backbenchers rebelled against his Plan B COVID curbs’

Sky’s Jon Craig writes about what the result could mean for Boris Johnson
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"I think this is a watershed moment in British politics"

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says his party's historic North Shropshire win has "brought some new hope to the whole nation"
“One more strike and I think he’s out.”

Conservative MP, Sir Roger Gale says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has three weeks to regroup, but is currently on “two strikes”
‘Had the PM not tried to save Owen Paterson from being suspended from parliament for lobbying, this by-election would probably not have happened.’

Sky’s Beth Rigby writes.

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