Lib Dems deliver blow to the PM in North Shropshire - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The Conservatives have lost the North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Owen Paterson. The former cabinet minister resigned in November after being found to have breached lobbying guidelines. Liberal Democrat Helen Morgan overturned his majority of almost 23,000 to win nearly six thousand votes more than the Conservative candidate. Conservative MPs Sir Roger Gale and Sir Charles Walker reflect on the party’s loss with Today’s Nick Robinson. Also on the programme was Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden.

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