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3 Dec 2016
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Sarah Olney wins in Richmond Park with 22% swing to Lib Dems and five other by-election gains
This week's by-election results will be dominated by the news from Richmond Park, where the large number of doors the Lib Dems...
3 Dec 2016
The Lib Dems have rediscovered their byelection mojo – can they capitalise?
arah Olney's win may be unlikely to affect Brexit, but her party's victories in Richmond Park and elsewhere point towards a new chapter 'Richmond Park was a byelection made in heaven for the Liberal Democrats. Their opponent - a prominent leave campaigner whose father had funded the anti-EU referendum party in the 1990s, and who upset many of those of a small "l" liberal disposition with the style and tone of his London mayoral campaign in the spring. The constituency was a Lib Dem stronghold for over 40 years (until the vote collapsed, like almost everywhere else, in last year's general election) where over 70% of voters had voted to remain in the EU, putting it in the top 10 pro-EU constituencies. Local Labour voters were long used to voting tactically for the local Liberal Democrat. All the party had to do was to turn this unusually propitious set of circumstances to its advantage.
JC
3 Dec 2016
Push for hard Brexit led to Richmond Park win, says new Lib Dem MP
Sarah Olney says 21.5% swing in byelection was secured because Tory remain voters felt PM was only focusing on leave camp Theresa May's decision to pursue a hard Brexit is driving Conservative-supporting remainers to desert the party, the Liberal Democrats' newest MP said in the aftermath of her sensational win in the Richmond Park byelection.
AAP
3 Dec 2016
Richmond Park by-election
Commenting on the Richmond Park by-election result , Heather Kidd said: This is a great day for the Liberal Democrats. We have...
3 Dec 2016
Sarah Olney wins Richmond Park by election
Sarah Olney's victory in the Richmond Park by election overturned Zac Goldsmith's 23,000 majority from the 2015 General Election. It has very clearly put the Liberal Democrats on the map as the UK-wide party which is committed to supporting the UK's place in the EU.
MA
3 Dec 2016