Originally Posted by Chris

Meanwhile, Chris Mathieson (Lab, Chester) has got a serious slap from the standards watchdog for inviting a member of his staff on a dirty weekend (she did not appreciate his advances). His suspension is long enough for a recall petition to be got up, and while the Tories would be mad to actually try that, he has apparently forced the issue for himself and resigned. So we are in for a by election in a seat that Labour held in 2019 with a 6,000 majority over Con, and which is marginal enough that Con has itself held in the past (Giles Brandreth was MP there).

I wonder how many of the 20,000 Tory votes will still be there when the election occurs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63344752

and

https://twitter.com/britainelects/st...f_Qho-Uo7jXyYA