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Rishi Sunak Faces Blackpool By-Election After Scott Benton Resigns As MP
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Rishi Sunak Faces Blackpool By-Election After Scott Benton Resigns As MP
Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has resigned his Blackpool South seat, triggering what could be another damaging by-election for Rishi Sunak.
George Galloway Wins Rochdale By-Election Overturning Labour Majority
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George Galloway Wins Rochdale By-Election Overturning Labour Majority
George Galloway, leader of the far-left Workers Party of Britain, has won the Rochdale by-election overturning Labour's 9,668 majority.
Reform Anticipating 'Best Result Yet' In Wellingborough By-Election
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Reform Anticipating "Best Result Yet" In Wellingborough By-Election
The Reform party is hoping to seriously challenge the Conservatives in Thursday’s Wellingborough by-election, as it continues to target despondent Tory voters.
By-Election Winners Share What They’ve Learned On Hoovering Up Votes
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By-Election Winners Share What They’ve Learned On Hoovering Up Votes
Seven unexpected by-elections were held in 2023, allowing parties a trial run of campaigning tactics ahead of the next general election and a chance to test whether the polls are on the money.
Chris Pincher To Resign Tamworth Seat, Triggering Another By-Election
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Chris Pincher To Resign Tamworth Seat, Triggering Another By-Election
Disgraced MP Chris Pincher has said that he has “made arrangements to resign” after he lost an appeal against an eight-week suspension from the Commons following groping allegations.
Ditching green policies to win voters would be a mistake
Environment
By Craig Oliver
Ditching green policies to win voters would be a mistake
One major question emerges from last week’s by elections: are the United Kingdom’s political parties capable of dealing with anything truly important like climate change and achieving net zero?
Uxbridge result must be a wake-up call for Labour
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By Luke Tryl
Uxbridge result must be a wake-up call for Labour
Yesterday’s by-election results confirmed two of politics' oldest adages. First, all politics is local. Second, expectations matter.
Former Party Chair Lord Baker on 'the Strange Death of Conservative England'
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By Lord Baker of Dorking
Former Party Chair Lord Baker on 'the Strange Death of Conservative England'
Former Conservative Party Chairman and cabinet minister Lord Baker questions whether the party's MPs will remain loyal to Boris Johnson following the disastrous recent by-election results.
Conservatives Could Be Facing Double By-Election Defeat, Polls Suggest
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Conservatives Could Be Facing Double By-Election Defeat, Polls Suggest
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives could face a double defeat in by-elections this Thursday. Polling suggests partygate and the cost-of-living crisis could drive losses in both a red wall marginal in Wakefield and a traditionally safe Conservative seat of Tiverton and Honiton.
Nurse Paulette Hamilton Takes Erdington For Labour To Become Birmingham's First Black MP
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Nurse Paulette Hamilton Takes Erdington For Labour To Become Birmingham's First Black MP
Labour's candidate in the Erdington by-election, nurse Paulette Hamilton, has said she is "delighted" and that she was "pinching [herself]" after winning the Erdington by-election to become Birmingham's first Black MP.