U.K. PM Sunak's Conservatives lose parliamentary seat of Somerton and Frome
The Hindu
Conservatives lose Somerton and Frome seat in southwest England to Liberal Democrats. Sarah Dyke wins with 11,008 majority, overturning 2019 Conservative majority of 19,213.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives lost the parliamentary seat of Somerton and Frome in southwest England on July 21.
The centrist Liberal Democrats party candidate, Sarah Dyke, won the seat with a majority of 11,008 votes, overturning a Conservative majority of 19,213 won in 2019.
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