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 Analysis Head North… to Makerfield Makerfield. Never in my life has a constituency in the North West of England, less than an hours… James Tibbitts 17th June, 2026, 11:49 am Comment ‘Labour must lead the way on allergy care’ At seven years old, I had my first anaphylactic reaction to food. Since then, I have lived a life with… Becky Gittins MP 17th June, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Spend big! The public might not be as opposed as you think’ After Labour lost bitterly in the English Council, Welsh Senedd and Scottish Parliament elections in May, Keir Starmer… Jan Eichhorn 17th June, 2026, 6:00 am
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
Analysis Head North… to Makerfield Makerfield. Never in my life has a constituency in the North West of England, less than an hours… James Tibbitts 17th June, 2026, 11:49 am
Comment ‘Labour must lead the way on allergy care’ At seven years old, I had my first anaphylactic reaction to food. Since then, I have lived a life with… Becky Gittins MP 17th June, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘Spend big! The public might not be as opposed as you think’ After Labour lost bitterly in the English Council, Welsh Senedd and Scottish Parliament elections in May, Keir Starmer… Jan Eichhorn 17th June, 2026, 6:00 am
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