OLD BEXLEY AND SIDCUP, England (Reuters) - Voters went to the polls in a district on the outskirts of London on Thursday to elect a new member of parliament, in a test of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's response to accusations of sleaze and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Johnson's Conservatives are likely to retain Old Bexley and Sidcup in the so-called by-election, made necessary by the death of its former member of parliament James Brokenshire, but with a reduced majority after weeks of government U-turns and scandals.
