This came after the party's stunning defeat in a by-election in Chesham and Amersham, a pleasant and leafy constituency it had won by nearly 30 percentage points in 2019.

此前，该党在切舍姆和阿默舍姆(Chesham and Amersham)的补选中遭遇惨败。2019年，该党以近30个百分点的优势赢得了这一风景宜人，枝繁叶密的选区。