Laurence Fox is set to lose his deposit after winning just 2.31% of the vote
'Very pleased to come 4th and have beaten the @LibDems a long established party.' tweeted Fox.
'Very pleased to come 4th and have beaten the @LibDems a long established party.' tweeted Fox.
Ministers were also paid more than £400,000 in severance packages.
The Tories held the seat with a majority of just 495, while Laurence Fox and Piers Corbyn couldn't even get 1,000 votes between them.
Sir Ed Davey is the first leader of any political party to win four by-elections since Paddy Ashdown.
The failure to overturn the Tory majority in the seat was dubbed “Uloss” by a party insider.
Sarah Dyke secured victory in the Somerset seat.
Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Michael Gove are among the senior figures who accepted severance payments after leaving office.
"In almost every government administered area of our lives things are not working", Patrick Grant said in the viral clip.
Rishi Sunak warned they face a ‘tough battle’ as Labour and Lib Dems hope to steal the three seats.
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