The Conservative Party's co-chair has admitted Matt Hancock's COVID rule-breaking was partly to blame for their by-election loss in Batley and Spen - but refused on 19 occasions to say whether the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here is your 2025 guide to just some of the bonfires and firework displays that are due to take place in Dewsbury, Mirfield, ...

Despite worries about a damaging hiatus, none of their replacements are expected to be appointed before the Batley and Spen election. One insider said it was unclear whether the power vacuum was ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

Keir Starmer's future as Labour Party leader may be in peril. Historically poor recent election results for the party have left him vulnerable. Starmer has the support of most Labour MPs but defeat in ...

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 ...