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    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Labour retains West Lancashire with big by-election swing

      Ashley Dalton increases UK opposition party’s vote share in fourth poll defeat for Conservatives

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Johnson’s leadership in fresh crisis after Tories lose two by-elections

      Oliver Dowden quits as party chair after defeats and ex-leader Michael Howard calls on PM to step down

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Tim Bale
      Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow

      Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Inside Politics
      Return of tactical voting leaves Tories in disarray

      Plus, Oliver Dowden’s exit as Conservative party chair portends more resignations and manoeuvring for power

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Tory strategists braced for double defeats in by-elections

      Johnson faces more pressure as Labour and Lib Dems set for victory in Wakefield and Tiverton

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      Wakefield’s ‘red wall’ voters turn their backs on Boris Johnson

      By-election poses a crucial test for whether Labour can win back its former heartlands

    • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
      Inside Politics
      The forthcoming by-elections could unravel the Conservatives’ game plan

      Plus, a blow to the government’s immigration plans and why the Tories are not panicking yet

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      Conservative Party UK
      Johnson put on probation by own MPs after by-election loss

      Senior Tories say PM could face challenger if no improvement in performance by May elections

    • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
      Tim Bale
      Johnson’s woes are multiplied if he cannot ‘unite the right’

      Lessons from the 2019 general election show the Conservatives are vulnerable as a midterm by-election looms

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      News in-depth
      Labour and Lib Dems forge informal by-election pact to exploit sleaze scandal

      Boris Johnson faces crucial electoral test as opposition parties join forces to maximise votes in Old Bexley and Sidcup

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Henry Mance
      Keir Starmer has a second chance to save Labour

      The party leader must seize on the Batley and Spen by-election result and start winning back voters

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Starmer declares ‘Labour is back’ after by-election victory

      Head of UK opposition had faced the prospect of leadership battle if party had not held Batley and Spen

    • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
      News in-depthBrexit
      ‘More divided and more angry’ — how Brexit reshaped British politics

      Five years after the referendum and six months after the UK left the EU single market, the ‘earthquake’ is still being felt

    • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
      Labour Party UK
      Labour reshuffles top team ahead of Batley and Spen by-election

      Starmer moves top aide as part of broader shake-up in response to electoral setbacks

    • Friday, 7 May, 2021
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Starmer warned of prospect of leadership challenge over summer

      Leftwing Labour MPs hit out after party loses two key electoral battles in north-east England

    • Monday, 16 December, 2019
      Labour Party UK
      Corbyn to face angry MPs as Labour starts search for new leader

      Long-Bailey heads list of contenders after worst election result since 1935

    • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
      UK general election
      Lib Dems focus on key Remain seats but brace for defeat

      Jo Swinson looks to win over undecided and tactical voters

    • Friday, 2 August, 2019
      Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley
      After Brecon, Boris Johnson is clinging on by his fingertips

      This by-election showed the damage that the Brexit party can do to the Tories

    • Friday, 2 August, 2019
      Lib Dems seize Brecon seat in setback for Boris Johnson 

      Jane Dodds’ victory will leave Tory government with majority of just one in parliament

    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      Pro-Remain pact in Welsh poll threatens government majority

      Three parties strike deal to back single anti-Brexit candidate in Brecon by-election

    • Monday, 24 June, 2019
      Brexit party UK
      Brexit party to launch challenge over Peterborough postal voting

      Leaders allege abuse of system after losing June by-election

    • Friday, 7 June, 2019
      Farage goes into a spin as Brexit party comes up short

      Failure to win Peterborough by-election took Westminster by surprise

    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2019
      UK politics & policy
      Former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya handed 3-month jail sentence
    • Friday, 31 August, 2018
      Frank Field eyes by-election after quitting Labour whip

      Veteran MP to consider standing as an independent in his Birkenhead constituency

    • Friday, 15 June, 2018
      Brexit
      Labour holds Lewisham East as Liberal Democrats surge

      Winner says result reflects opposition to ‘hard Brexit’ as Tories finish third

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