on July 7, 2024, 4:02 pm
Jonathan Ashworth lost his seat to a pro-Gaza independent. His majority of 22,000 was overturned and he lost by 979 votes. Excellent news because he is married to Emilie Oldknow, one of the principal back-stabbers and disgusting betrayers who plotted to bring Corbyn down. So she's got payback through her hubby, who was expecting to be made Minister for Health. Suck it up, Jonathan
Wes Streeting's majority was slashed from over 9,000 to just 528, again by a pro-Gaza candidate.
The oddest result is Jess Phillips. Her majority dropped from 13,141 and she squeaked home by 693 votes.
Now I realise that we've had harsh things to say about Ms Phillips, but what makes this result very strange is that she quit her front bench position in protest against the party's stance on calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. So one would imagine that the Muslim voters in her constituency would have been glad about this and supported her -- which they plainly didn't.
I don't understand this at all. Anyone with a reason this happened?