Boris Johnson suffers double by-election humiliation

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech at a Business Forum during the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. Picture: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Tory party suffered a double blow as voters rejected the Conservatives in two crunch by-elections.

In Tiverton and Honiton the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Tory majority to win, while Labour reclaimed Wakefield.