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  • 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

  • Thursday, 14 June, 2018
    Brexit
    Brexit fears give Lib Dems cause for hope in Lewisham by-election

    Cable’s party confident of leapfrogging Tories into second place

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