Slightly nerdy comment, but contra this article this was not the first postwar by-election where neither Labour nor the Conservatives finished in the top two. That distinction goes to Eastleigh 2013, where the Lib Dems held the seat and UKIP were the runners-up.
A terrible by-election for Labour, and a lesson they ought to learn from. Their candidate selection needs to be forensic, and they need to urgently give the public reasons to vote for them. If they campaign as ‘not tories’ their political capital will evaporate almost immediately after the GE
Slightly nerdy comment, but contra this article this was not the first postwar by-election where neither Labour nor the Conservatives finished in the top two. That distinction goes to Eastleigh 2013, where the Lib Dems held the seat and UKIP were the runners-up.
GG...what does he do as constituency MP? Does he perform role of redress for constituents and hold gvt to account?
A terrible by-election for Labour, and a lesson they ought to learn from. Their candidate selection needs to be forensic, and they need to urgently give the public reasons to vote for them. If they campaign as ‘not tories’ their political capital will evaporate almost immediately after the GE