Rishi Sunak is facing a by-election triple threat after the Somerton and Frome vote was scheduled for 20 July
as an MP last week, having been suspended from the Conservative Party since April 2022 while being investigated by the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme .In his resignation letter, Mr Warburton said the"malicious allegations" and"flawed" 14-month investigation had"inflicted unimaginable and intolerable destruction on my family and on [himself]".
Mr Warburton's decision to quit means the Conservatives face four by-elections at a time when they are trailing behind Labour in the national polls.All eyes are on Mr Johnson's marginal west London constituency, where the Conservatives won a 53% share of the vote at the last general election in 2019.
Mr Warburton and Mr Adams are cushioned by larger majorities of 19,213 and 20,137 respectively, but Labour and the Liberal Democrats are already out campaigning to try and swing the constituencies in their favour. The by-elections come at a difficult time for the prime minister, who is struggling to draw a line under the Boris Johnson
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