The Peterborough byelection could not have offered more fortuitous circumstances for the Brexit party. At this point, Labour officials privately thought the local party was doomed in a byelection. Peterborough’s 61% vote for leave places it comfortably in the top 20% most pro-Brexit constituencies in Britain. The Brexit party had impetus, having triumphed in the European elections just two weeks earlier, including a decisive victory in Peterborough itself. Labour’s zig-zagging pivot towards that position did not lose its seat in Peterborough.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2019 11:29 UTC