Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?
Who’s up and who’s down?

So who exactly are the Labour Party’s two newest MPs?

The latest losses for the Tories mean that they have now suffered the highest number of by-election losses in a single Parliament since 1960.

With yet another major pledge broken in an election year, here’s how some of the voices on the left reacted to the news.

“I absolutely believe that the economy has turned a corner and we’re now pointing in the right direction.”

“Rishi Sunak’s promise to grow the economy is now in tatters.”

“If you sing on your own, you’re one voice, if you sing in a choir, it’s a powerful voice.”

“Islamophobia has become an acceptable form of racism because there are zero consequences.”

It’s not going well for Sunak…

“The spirit and the idea of the health service is important and alive today as it ever was, unless we allow it to be run into the ground. So let’s fight for it.”

“Energy costs are still 80 per cent higher than in 2021.”