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Labour sends big guns to Selby in final push to secure historic byelection win

Party needs record swing from Tories to overturn 20,000 majority in seat left vacant by Johnson ally Nigel Adams

The Guardian - UK

Southport Labour shortlist to rival Tory seat contains no local candidates

Three names listed but concerns have been raised about a lack of local figures and speed of process

Liverpool Echo

The smell of defeat hovers over Tory MPs, and Rishi Sunak is unable to dispel the odour

Consumed by their fear of impending doom, the Conservatives increasingly behave like a party resigned to losing power

The Guardian - UK

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Labour ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ at Selby byelection as hopes grow of shock win

Keir Starmer’s party believes it can topple Conservative rural strongholds as it competes with the Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK

John Curtice: Depleting vote share shows SNP face General Election battle

DEPLETING support for the SNP in opinion polls is now being reflected in council by-elections, showing the party’s dominance at Westminster is…

The National (Scotland)

Labour win in East Kilbride West by-election as new councillor is elected

The election was held after SNP councillor Ali Salamati stepped down and saw a swing of 14 per cent with the SNP dropping to third place behind the Tories

Daily Record

OPINION - The Standard View: Tory by-election troubles are more than the usual mid-term blues

By-elections are different to general elections. Voters understand they are electing a single Member of Parliament, not a government. They often take place in mid-term, at a time when prime ministers are at their least popular. Local issues regularly dominate. They ought, therefore, to come with a health warning.

Evening Standard

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SNP 'collapse' to third in council by-election as Labour win seat

The Nationalists lost more than a quarter of their vote in the East Kilbride West ward on South Lanarkshire Council.

Daily Record

Tories applaud Labour on by-election win in hark back to Better Together

TORY MSPs have congratulated Labour on taking a council seat from the SNP in South Lanarkshire.

The National (Scotland)

Groping scandal, drugs, peerages (or not) and cost-of-living crisis - can Tories win by-elections?

Political parties are already campaigning heavily in four by-elections

Evening Standard

OPINION: Plans to change Nottinghamshire's boundaries will create far too much confusion

Current plans will see people in several places being represented by a new MP

Nottingham Post

Labour divided over tactical voting to block Tories at by-elections

Exclusive: Starmer and Davey urged to strike informal deal – as new figures show success of tactical voting campaign

The Independent UK

Labour bid to take over East Ayrshire Council leadership falls flat

Labour Group Leader Councillor Maureen Mackay launched move to take over as leader and fill cabinet posts with Labour members. But a series of tight votes saw the SNP retain their control of the council.

Daily Record

Labour bid to seize control of Scottish council from SNP falls flat

A LABOUR bid to take over three of the four top posts on a Scottish council, and hand another to the Rubbish Party, has fallen flat ...

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The Guardian - UK

Frome unenthusiastic about byelection ‘nobody wants’

All parties could face a tough test in disillusioned Somerton and Frome, the seat vacated by the disgraced MP David Warburton

The Guardian - UK

Tories pick local councillor for Selby and Ainsty seat after Johnson ally quits

Claire Holmes is Conservative candidate to be MP in seat Nigel Adams suddenly stood down from after winning large majority

Daily Record

SNP hammered by Labour in council by-election after Jordan Linden scandal

A campaign visit from Humza Yousaf was not enough to stop a Labour victory in the Bellshill ward in North Lanarkshire.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour win Bellshill by-election after SNP councillor resignation

We told how senior SNP councillor Jordan Linden resigned after an allegation of sexual harassment in July last year.

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Evening Standard

By-election date confirmed for Boris Johnson’s London constituency

Conservatives will defend two by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Selby and Ainsty on July 20

Evening Standard

OPINION - It’s Starmtroopers vs Rishi’s irregulars in the battle of MP selections

It’s by-election season in Westminster — and more’s at stake than simply whether Team Boris’s kamikaze mission to wound Rishi Sunak with three MP resignations will have its desired effect. After the former prime minister and his two supporters – Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries – quit in a row…

The Independent UK

Labour and Lib Dem cooperation key to defeating Tories at by-elections, top polling guru says

Prof John Curtice says Tory candidates could cling on if parties insist on splitting vote

The Independent UK

Labour ‘not taking anything for granted’ as campaigning begins

Canvassing began less than 24 hours after former prime minister Boris Johnson quit as a constituency MP.

The National (Scotland)

SNP to face first electoral test since party crisis in looming council by-election

THE SNP will face an electoral test in the Bellshill by-election this week, but a loss should not mean “writing political obituaries yet”, an…

The Guardian - UK

Labour has clear lead over Tories in more than 100 battleground seats, poll finds

Party has 10% swing from the Conservatives in the 144 key constituencies that will decide the next election – but an overall majority is still not certain

The Independent UK

Left-leaning Welsh Labour MP says process ‘unfair’ after losing selection bid

Beth Winter claimed she will be ‘taking advice and soundings’ on her next steps.

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