Meet Labour's newest MPs as double by-election victory spells misery for Tories

17 February 2024 , 18:43

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Labour's new MP for Wellingborough Gen Kitchen celebrates her victory with Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Labour secured a double by-election victory on Thursday - with Wellingborough's Gen Kitchen and Kingswood's Damian Egan taking two more seats from the Tories and spelling fresh misery for Rishi Sunak.

In Wellingborough, Northamptonshire - the seat previously held by ousted MP Peter Bone - Labour demolished an 18,000 Tory majority.

And in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, they overturned an 11,000 majority to take Chris Skidmore's former seat.

The sizeable victories mega poll published by the Mirror this week suggested the Conservatives face an electoral wipeout - losing three quarters of their seats.

The bombshell survey of 18,000 people predicted Mr Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party's worst result in history.

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Seventeen Cabinet ministers would be ousted with casualties including Jeremy Hunt, Grant Shapps, Penny Mordant, Gillian Keegan and Mel Stride.

As the dust settles, Parliament's two newest members spoke to the Mirror about how they won - and what they want to do next.

Mikey Smith