Labour’s ‘ecstatic’ new Wellingborough MP says result shows people are ‘fed up’
Gen Kitchen achieved the second largest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since the Second World War.
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New Labour Kingswood MP says Conservatives have ‘sucked hope out of country’
The former mayor of Lewisham in London, who resigned to fight the by-election, overturned a Conservative majority of 11,220.
PM suffers double blow as Labour wins Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections
The Government has now suffered more defeats in a single Parliament than any government since the 1960s.
Rishi Sunak faces tough week as by-elections loom
Economic data is also expected to compound the PM's misery, pointing to a rise in inflation and a possible recession.
More than 3,000 people spend Christmas Day applying to vote
Christmas Eve and Boxing Day also saw a year-on-year rise in applications.
Labour eye Tory scalp after voters oust Peter Bone MP and trigger by-election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a by-election test early in 2024 after a recall petition in Wellingborough met the 10 per cent threshold.
Fresh by-election headache looms for Sunak as Scott Benton faces 35-day suspension
The Blackpool South MP was caught offering to lobby ministers and table parliamentary questions on behalf of gambling investors.
Yet another by-election nightmare looms for the Tories
Ready for round three? After taking a hammering in two by-election ballots this week, the Tories are looking at another electoral showdown.
Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result
The party overturned a Conservative majority of 24,664 votes.