The Tamworth politician resigned from his seat on Thursday after failing to win an appeal against his eight week suspension for groping two men at the Carlton Club.
Top Tories, including chief whip Simon Hart and party chairman Greg Hands, wanted both by-elections to be held with a decent interval after the party's conference - taking place between 1 and 4 October - and to stretch the resources of their Labour and Liberal Democrat opponents.
The swing then was 22% and this time, a year before an election expected next autumn, Labour needs a 21% swing to win the seat. His appeal against the eight-week suspension, which he claimed was"disproportionate", was rejected by an independent expert panel, meaning he would have faced a recall petition in his constituency, requiring only 10% of voters to call for him to go.
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