Latest updates: veteran Tory MP Sir Roger Gale says defeat a ‘referendum’ on PM after Lib Dems take seat held by Conservatives for nearly 200 years
- Lib Dems win former Tory safe seat of North Shropshire
- Tory chair: North Shropshire voters have given us a kicking
- Analysis: Earthquake delivers unhappy Christmas for Johnson
This analysis of what the defeat could mean for the prime minister is from the BBC’s Ben Wright:
The collapse of the Conservative vote in a once true blue, pro-Brexit seat is disastrous for Boris Johnson.
The endless headlines about sleaze and parties, held in apparent breach of the government’s own rules, drove voters away from the Tories in remarkable numbers.
