Three by-elections for the House of Commons are due in Great Britain today: a certain Boris Johnson released the constituency of Uxbridge and Ruislip with his resignation in May, and the other two seats – Somerton and Frome in the south-west and Selby and Ainsty in the north-east of England – have also been firmly in the hands of the governing Tories since 2019. According to forecasts, that is likely to change today.

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