Mired in controversy and facing mutiny from his own party, Boris Johnson has dealt such damaging blows to the image of the Conservative party that it may be tarnished beyond repair, while he risks losing his position as PM.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party loses a parliamentary seat to Liberal Democrats in a constituency that has been held by the Tories for the last 200 years.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday appeared on the cusp of a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party, a result which would raise serious questions about his leadership.

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater has pulled off a surprise victory by just 323 votes more than Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson in the Batley and Spen by-election.