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The party leader vowed to ‘repay’ people who lent Labour their vote in the two seats.

John Curtice says Starmer could win even bigger landslide than Blair in 1997 – amid warnings Tories face ‘Armageddon’ next year

Sir Keir Starmer’s party overturned huge Conservative majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire.

‘Neither are on our target list’, says Keir Starmer spokesman on Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire votes

Labour majority could be blocked if it doesn’t win back Midlands seats like Tamworth, say polling experts

Keir Starmer warned not to be complacent on eve of Labour conference

Professor Sir John Curtice has seen enough. Reflecting on Labour’s thumping win last night in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, the polling guru said that by-election swings on this scale were “the kinds of swings that, historically at least, Oppositions have secured when they are going on to win the next…

Watch as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks in Rutherglen after a by-election victory.

Labour’s win in the Rutherglen by-election could put the party on course for Downing Street if it is replicated across Scotland, he said.