Three months on from the general election, the Conservatives are still reflecting on the reasons why they lost power
It was an historic defeat for the Conservatives across the country which saw every single Tory wiped out in Greater Manchester.
"A couple of years ago I was hoping that with a national disillusionment in politics where a lot of people are sceptical over the Conservative Party, the Labour Party as well, that there might be more of a constituency by constituency voting pattern. I think when it got to the end, people just thought we need a change, the cost of living crisis, all sorts of other concerns that people had.
This time, he lost by nearly 5,000 votes. Meanwhile, Sir Graham Brady's former seat of Altrincham and Sale West also turned red with Labour winning the constituency previously held by the Conservative grandee for the first time ever with a majority of 4,174 votes. So what next? The Conservative Party is now in the process of choosing its next leader, with a final decision to be made next month.
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