Voters in the former mining constituency turned Tory stronghold suggest the Conservatives have their work cut out in the forthcoming byelection
Labour activists are quietly hopeful of pulling off a record-breaking win in Rishi Sunak’s backyard by taking the toughest of the three Conservative seats up for grabs next Thursday.
A win in Selby and Ainsty, now a Conservative rural stronghold but one with a mining industry past, would, Labour say, mark the biggest majority the party has overturned at a byelection since the second world war.
