The Conservative Party held onto Boris Johnson's former constituency however misplaced anoter by-election in what was forecast to be a tough vote for Rishi Sunak.

Labour had hoped to take Uxbridge and South Ruislip after Johnson's resignation, however Conservative Steve Tuckwell managed to retain the seat following a recount.

The Conservative victory signifies that Mr Sunak has been spared the prospect of being the primary prime minister since 1968 to lose three by-elections on the identical day.

While the occasion retained Uxbridge, it did nonetheless lose in Somerton and Frome, the place the Liberal Democrats polled 21,187 in comparison with the Conservative 10,079.

In Selby and Ainsty, Labour hope to sit down the place the Conservatives had been defending a 20,137 majority.

London mayor Sadiq Khan’s coverage of increasing the Ulez low emission zone to outer boroughs – together with Uxbridge and South Ruislip – has been blamed for the occasion’s failure to take the seat.

Labour candidate Danny Beales had distanced himself from the coverage, saying it was “not the right time” to develop the £12.50 every day cost for vehicles which fail to satisfy emissions requirements.

The failure to overturn the Tory majority within the seat was dubbed “Uloss” by a celebration insider in an indication of the unease at Mr Khan’s plan.

In public, senior Labour figures acknowledged Ulez had been an element within the vote.

Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed advised the PA news company: “I think there’s been a number of issues at play, but there has certainly been a number of voters who have said to us that they are very concerned about Ulez.

“Everyone wants to see clean air. But for some people, I think, given the chaos that there is in the economy, because the Conservatives have crashed it and the cost-of-living crisis that they fuelled, that this is the wrong time to introduce a charge for Ulez.”

In his victory speech, new MP Mr Tuckwell mentioned Mr Khan had price Labour the seat.

“It was his damaging and costly Ulez policy that lost them this election,” he mentioned.

“This wasn’t the campaign Labour expected and Keir Starmer and his mayor Sadiq Khan need to sit up and listen to the Uxbridge and South Ruislip residents.”