By-elections rarely cause political earthquakes but as the most recent one in Chesham and Amersham has highlighted, they can cause tremors that reverberate through political parties, knocking a brick ...

Following Tracy Brabin’s election as the first mayor of West Yorkshire, the Labour seat for the constituency of Batley and Spen has opened up. Kim Leadbeater has confirmed that she will stand for the ...

Reform UK has announced it will not stand a candidate in the Batley and Spen by-election in a bid to boost the Conservative Party’s chances of taking the Labour-held seat. Leader Richard Tice said he ...

Labour has won the Batley and Spen by-election, a victory that will come as a huge relief to Keir Starmer amid rumours a loss could have triggered a leadership challenge. Kim Leadbeater won the West ...

A number of offenders were dealt with by the police -Credit:West Yorkshire Police A police operation has seen 19 drivers dealt with after they were spotted committing five of the most dangerous things ...

Labour is gearing up for another test in its former electoral heartlands as a by-election in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen looms. What next for Keir Starmer after Labour’s historic ...

Kim Leadbeater follows in sister Jo Cox's footsteps as she attends her first Parliamentary session. Sir Keir Starmer hails Kim Leadbeater's victory in Batley and Spen as "just the start" for his party ...

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Kim Leadbeater, Labour’s candidate in Batley and Spen, says she is ‘the candidate the Tories are afraid of’ (Getty Images) Sir Alan Campbell, Labour’s chief whip, is so new to the post that his ...

The election this week of the sister of Jo Cox, a lawmaker who was killed in 2016, was seen as a victory for Labour’s leader in a region where Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives had made big ...

Parveen Akhtar has previously received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the British Academy. By-elections rarely cause political earthquakes but as the most recent one in ...