Labour narrowly held on to Peterborough in yesterday’s by-election despite Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party eroding the two main parties’ grip on the seat. Her party’s vote share fell by 17 percentage points to 31 per cent. The Conservatives’ share fell by 25 percentage points to 21 per cent; the Brexit Party’s share was 29 per cent. Lisa Forbes won her seat with a majority of 683 votes LINDSEY PARNABY/GETTY IMAGESThe result is a setback for the Brexit Party, with this by-election widely seen as the most favourable set of conditions for a Leave-focused party to stage a breakthrough. Mr Farage’s new outfit won 29 seats in last month’s European elections without a manifesto and with…

Source: The Times June 07, 2019 01:35 UTC