By-election

What Makerfield believes

Exclusive: focus groups reveal the values that will determine the by-election

By Rachel Cunliffe

This is a by-election driven by despair

Residents feel let down by politicians on the left and on the right

By Scarlett Maguire

It’s Makerfield or break for Andy Burnham

This by-election is a once-in-a-lifetime, all-out fight between social democracy and right-wing populism

By Andrew Marr

Tony Benn’s lesson for Andy Burnham

This isn’t the first time a Labour leadership challenger needed a seat

By Richard Johnson

Labour’s mixed messages on the Greens continue

The party cannot quite pin down its left-wing challengers

By Ethan Croft

The rise of the undecided voter

Exclusive polling shows how late the Gorton and Denton by-election was decided

By Ben Walker

Kemi Badenoch’s strange speech on Iran and the by-election

The Tory leader attempted to fuse the two subjects together

By Ethan Croft

Inside the Greens’ “seismic” Gorton and Denton win

It’s the party’s first ever by-election victory

By Megan Kenyon

How can Labour win again?

Polling shows the party needs to learn to be populist

By Ben Walker

The Greens now have a very, very high ceiling

Labour came a humiliating third in one of its safest seats

By Ben Walker

Green Party takes Gorton and Denton, pushing Labour to third

Hannah Spencer won with 14,980 votes

By Megan Kenyon

Who will be the Green Party candidate in Gorton and Denton?

Rumours are swirling about which candidate will run for the seat

By Megan Kenyon

Andy Burnham blocked from standing in Gorton and Denton

Claims of a stitch up by Starmer’s allies on the NEC have already been circulating

By Megan Kenyon

The Hamilton by-election and the crack-up of Scottish politics

Everything is to play for – but this victory does indicate new opportunities for Labour.

By Chris Deerin

All eyes on Scotland – and Nigel Farage’s new insurgency

The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election is a microcosm for Britain’s swirling political crises.

By Rachel Cunliffe

Does Farage own the future?

Keir Starmer must prove he understands the fury of many voters with his government.

By Andrew Marr

How winter fuel cost Labour these elections

Cutting the benefit was seen as an attack on the vulnerable. The decision has hobbled this government for nine months.

By Megan Kenyon

Reform’s Runcorn victory is a warning to Labour

Nigel Farage’s triumph will intensify divisions within the government over policy and strategy.

By George Eaton

Labour has nothing to be happy about in Runcorn and Helsby

What the Britain Predicts forecast says with a few days to go.

By Ben Walker

Reform’s bellwether election

The defector Andrea Jenkyns is running for mayor of Greater Lincolnshire – and dispirited Tories are watching closely.

By Rachel Cunliffe