12th April, 2013, 12:21 pm South Shields by-election date confirmed Mark Ferguson Share this article: The Labour Party will be moving the writ on Monday for the South Shields by-election – after David Miliband formally resigns as an MP. The election date will be set for May 2nd. Tags: By-election / South Shields / Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘The final Timms report is Labour’s chance to get PIP reform right’ Andy Burnham has more than a couple of knotty issues in his in-tray and another one will soon… Helen Barnard 6th September, 2026, 12:00 pm Comment ‘Reindustrialisation is fiscal discipline in action’ The bond markets are sending us a warning. We should listen to it. But we also need to… Steve Yemm MP 6th September, 2026, 10:00 am Comment ‘Labour must be ambitious enough to restore what we’ve lost’ What would a more ambitious approach to nature recovery look like? Well, in some parts of Britain, it… Josh Newbury MP 5th September, 2026, 2:00 pm
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