... on his phone in the
Commons
chamber.
The byelection on 23 June, which comes on the same day that the Tories defend another seat in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, is widely seen as an ultra-close race between
Hurford
and the Liberal Democrat candidate,
RichardFoord
.
The internal polling by the Lib Dems of those who want to vote on the day of the by-election was released on Wednesday, which put the Conservatives on 46% and the Lib Dems on 44%.
Hurford
said that they think it's going to be very tight and we ...