Alistair Strathern took the Mid Bedfordshire seat – which had been blue since 1931 – with a majority of 1,192 over Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye, with a swing of 20.5 percentage points.

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 ...

Mid Bedfordshire had been a Conservative seat since 1931 and former Culture Secretary Dorries had a majority of 24,664 votes. The Conservatives had had a 19,600 majority in Tamworth. The overturning ...

Labour has secured a stunning double victory in the Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections, routing the Tories in safe seats in triumphs reminiscent of the period before the landslide 1997 ...

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It is Labour's second win in a night of double by-elections, after also taking the Conservative stronghold of Tamworth. The tense battle for Mid Bedfordshire kicked off after the resignation of ...

Labour has made history by winning a by-election in the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary seat which has been held by the Tories since 1931. It was triggered by the resignation of former Conservative ...

Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-election results: Rishi Sunak faces demands for immediate tax cuts to avert 1997-style Labour landslide after shattering blows in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s party seized Mid-Bedfordshire, overturning the largest numerical Conservative majority (24,664) at a by-election since 1945, or possibly ever.

Labour has dealt a double by-election blow to Rishi Sunak by overturning huge Tory majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire. Sir Keir Starmer claimed Labour was “redrawing the political map” by ...

In Mid-Bedfordshire, Alistair Strathern overcame a 24,000 majority by taking the seat by 1,192 votes over his Tory rival Festus Akinbusoye – a swing of 20.5 percentage points to Labour.