Shropshire MP urges calm following crushing by-election defeats

Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, said he continued to have confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson, despite the result of the Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton by-elections.

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Mr Pritchard said the Conservative Party should not panic, but instead focus on delivering the priorities for the wider public.

In the rural Devon constituency of Tiverton and Honiton, the Lib Dems overturned a 24,000 Tory majority to win, while Labour reclaimed Wakefield.