Conservatives should let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says ex-Tory minister

Conservatives should let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says ex-Tory minister

The Runcorn and Helsby by-election next month will see both Reform and the Conservatives attempt to overturn Labour’s 15,000 vote majority in the safe seat

Top Tory Esther McVey urges Conservatives to let Reform win key by-election

Leaked recording shows former cabinet minister saying her party should give Nigel Farage a free run to beat Labour

Esther McVey says her party should let Reform win Runcorn by-election

Senior Tory MP Esther McVey has called for her party to ‘let Reform win’ the upcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election in a leaked recording. In the recording, obtained by the Telegraph, McVey says the Tories should step aside in the Runcorn election to help Reform’s chances of winning the seat. The by-election is taking place on May 1 after the constituency’s MP Mike Amesbury resigned after he was sentenced for punching a constituent in the stree…