The chair of Uxbridge Labour has give up the position and given up his occasion membership, saying "politics needs to have principles".

David Williams, chair of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Constituency Labour Party (CLP), wrote in a tweet: "I've resigned as chair of Uxbridge and South Ruislip CLP. I'm additionally resigning my membership of the Labour Party.

"Politics needs to have principles or we end up with people like Boris Johnson and Liz Truss running the country, Jeremy Corbyn gave a huge boost to the Labour Party."

It comes after the Tories narrowly held off Labour within the seat, which was vacated by former prime minister Boris Johnson.

The swing was 6.7 from Conservative to Labour - however not sufficient to vary the occasion in cost.

However, the Tories' majority has been closely lowered - from 7,000 to only underneath 500.

The result's being blamed by each side on the expansion of London's Ultra-low Emission Zone (ULEZ), being championed by Labour mayor Sadiq Khan.

ULEZ goals to sort out air air pollution and congestion by charging automobiles that do not meet emission requirements £12.50 a day to drive on central London roads.

Mr Khan desires to develop the zone to the borders of the capital, together with Uxbridge, however he is been met with fierce opposition.