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Ministers have been urged to stop an electoral reform bill, which would risk “upsetting the balance” of the electoral system, MPs said.

“He gives the general impression that he is a buffoon and that he is not taking things seriously; and what people think of that, I am sure, will come out in the election result," a Shropshire councillor and Tory mayor has said.

A Liberal Democrat win in a Leave-voting rural constituency would send shivers up the spine of the Tory Party, one analyst said.

Here's a full list of seats predicted to change hands.

The byelection was triggered to replace Owen Paterson after the Standards Committee recommended the former Conservative minister should be suspended from Parliament for 30 days over an “egregious” breach of a ban on paid lobbying by MPs.

Local Tory representatives appear unperturbed despite a recent standards scandal, second jobs scandal, social care scandal and Christmas party scandal.

Business minister Paul Scully said the prime minister was only "boiling down a complicated message" - we've heard that one before!

"That the last MP managed to get paid £300,000 a year to lobby for companies is an absolute disgrace. I could have got loads more!"

One resident who is a lifelong Tory voter said he is considering voting Labour because the Tories  “seem to fall down on promises”.