2024 local election results on Friday: Labour wins key councils and new mayors despite Tees and Gaza troubles
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Blackpool South by-election results: Watch new MP Chris Webb’s speech after 3rd biggest swing since WW2
Labour’s Chris Webb has won an important victory in the one Westminster by-election being held amid local elections,…
Local elections 2024: Live polling day updates as activists urged to give mayor candidates final push
Voters up and down the country are heading to the polls today in the last set of local…
Hartlepool elections: Inside Labour’s bid to take back control in ‘red wall’ town
Hartlepool almost spelt the end of Keir Starmer’s leadership before it really began, as a recent biography revealed.…
Blackpool South by-election confirmed: Meet Labour candidate Chris Webb
A by-election will take place in the Blackpool South constituency after Conservative MP Scott Benton resigned, with Labour…
Rochdale by-election: ‘Town’s troubles cut through more than Labour’s scandal’
With Labour’s large lead and the Conservatives’ dwindling performance in opinion polls, byelections in the UK have all…
Blackpool South: Another winnable by-election looms over Tory MP suspension
The marginal seat of Blackpool South could see a recall petition and potentially a by-election after Conservative MP…
‘Inside the Wellingborough by-election: The tactics behind Labour’s historic win’
Winning the Wellingborough by-election and overturning an 18,000 Tory majority was a stunning win for Labour and a…
By-election wins: ‘No battleground seat can be taken for granted – not one GE vote’s been cast’
After a testing week, Labour has come roaring back with two thumping byelection wins in Kingswood and Wellingborough,…
Sir Tony Lloyd MP’s funeral: Angela Rayner and Gordon Brown lead tributes
Angela Rayner and Gordon Brown have today joined members of Tony Lloyd’s family in paying tribute to Labour…
