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The Rochdale contest is the latest in a string of recent by-elections triggered by deaths, resignations and MPs being booted out of their constituencies for bad behaviour
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Vote takes place in Greater Manchester town following the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd
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byelection in Greater Manchester town sees George Galloway standing on a pro-Palestine ticket while Labour abandoned its candidate over claims about Israel
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The contest has been marked by bitter political feuding over Gaza – and a palpable sense of disappointment in the candidates)
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PM says Conservative Party ‘expel antisemites, while he makes them Labour candidates’ at heated PMQs
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Foreign secretary James Cleverly says protesters have ‘made their point’ and calls for an end to demonstrations
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Commons approves 35-day suspension of Blackpool South’s Scott Benton over his role in a lobbying sting
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Greater Manchester police investigating video message sent to Simon Danczuk of Reform UK party
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Once a Labour safe-seat, Rochdale is facing a chaotic byelection this week, where the party isn’t represented at all
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Disappointment in the candidates is palpable in the town, where people feel let down and neglected by the main parties
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Two former Labour MPs are back to haunt the party in what has been called ‘the most radioactive byelection in living memory’
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Far-right party is trying to capitalise on third place finishes in recent byelections and is cleaning up social media histories of prospective MPs
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MP for Blackpool South, who offered to lobby for gambling industry, loses appeal against 35-day Commons suspension
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Scott Benton was caught offering to lobby ministers and leak confidential information in return for payment
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Sunak’s job is safe for now because no one else wants it. And don’t discount a May election yet, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome
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Labour’s byelection successes were huge. But the state of one place they won shows caution will not be enough, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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The double whammy of byelection humiliations for the Tories matters more than Labour’s horror show in Rochdale
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As fresh party infighting erupts after two byelection losses, the right are targeting public service funding to pay for tax cuts while others urge restraint
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Despite victory in two Conservative safe seats, a Labour government is not a foregone conclusion, say party hawks