Conservative Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden has told the BBC that his party received “a kicking” by voters in the North Shropshire by-election.
New MP Helen Morgan secured a majority of 5,925 – on a 34% swing to the Lib Dems, with a turnout of 46.2%. The Conservatives had held the seat for nearly 200 years.
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