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Sir Keir Starmer claimed Labour was “redrawing the political map” by overturning huge Tory majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire and dealing a double by-election blow to Rishi Sunak. In ...
More than 1,500 children in Mid Bedfordshire are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.
Three parliamentary by-elections are to be held: in Rutherglen & Hamilton West on October 5th 2023 and in Mid-Bedfordshire ...
Labour’s victories in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth have not only set new historical records – they also mean a total of 10 seats have changed hands at parliamentary by-elections in the past ...
The government's efforts to speed up housebuilding are sowing division in communities, a Conservative politician has said.
Labour have delivered a historic defeat to the Conservatives by winning Mid Bedfordshire for the first time in the constituency’s century-long history. With the vote triggered by Nadine Dorries ...
Rishi Sunak faces his latest test today as voters head to the polls in two by-elections, in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire. MPs "from across the spectrum" have warned "it will be a disaster for the ...
Labour spinners have been quick to point out that Mid Bedfordshire, a seat that has never been Labour in its history, "is the biggest majority (by number) overturned in modern by-election history ...
Labour candidate Alistair Strathern won the Mid-Bedfordshire seat with a majority of over 1,100 overturning a Conservative majority of 24,664 at the last general election in 2019. Sign up here.
Three parliamentary by-elections are to be held: in Rutherglen & Hamilton West on October 5th 2023 and in Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth on October 19th.