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Runcorn by-election: Inside the town that will see Starmer’s first major test at the ballot box

IN FOCUS: Having spent the first nine months in power struggling to get a grip on the narrative, a by-election loss in such a safe Labour seat would be a disaster for the party, as Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher explain

The Independent UK

Has Labour’s moral compass gone missing in Runcorn and Helsby?

Letters: John Burnell is disturbed by a petition launched by the party’s byelection candidate to close a hotel used for asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK selects Runcorn candidate to challenge Labour at by-election

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

Evening Standard

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Labour triggers by-election to replace Mike Amesbury

It is expected the contest for Runcorn and Helsby will take place on May 1.

Evening Standard

Labour in 'emergency' funding plea as party 'faces tough budget choices'

LABOUR have put out an “emergency” call for cash – warning supporters that the party faces “tough choices” about its own funding ...

The National (Scotland)

Runcorn & Helsby: Labour defending near-14,700 majority over Reform

Reform would need a swing in the share of the vote of 17.4 percentage points to gain the seat from Labour.

Evening Standard

Amesbury says he will quit as an MP today

Amesbury told GB News that ‘as from today I will no longer be the Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby after nearly eight years as being an MP’

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The Guardian view on the Runcorn and Helsby byelection: a punch we will all feel

Editorial: These Cheshire voters will choose a new MP and set the course of British politics for the next four years

The Guardian - UK

‘I like Nigel Farage’: Runcorn and Helsby byelection could be big test for Starmer

Labour won the seat last year with more than 50% of votes – now polls suggest it will just hang on or lose to Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Farage ally hints Reform leader could axe party chair in row with Rupert Lowe as party slips in poll

Reform are favourite to win the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, but pressure is on Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf to deliver victory there as poll shows party losing support

The Independent UK

Reform UK on course to win Runcorn and Helsby by-election despite bitter civil war

Reform UK is on course to win the seat from Labour despite a ongoing row between Nigel Farage and suspended MP Rupert Lowe

The Independent UK

Labour selects candidate for by-election to replace shamed Amesbury

Cheshire West & Chester councillor Karen Shore will run as Labour’s candidate.

Evening Standard

Labour selects candidate for by-election to replace disgraced Amesbury

Cheshire West & Chester councillor Karen Shore will run as Labour’s candidate.

The Independent UK

Shamed MP Mike Amesbury to quit Commons after being sentenced for punching man

The Runcorn and Helsby MP told the BBC he would ‘step aside at the earliest opportunity’.

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The Independent UK

MP Mike Amesbury walks free after winning appeal against 10-week sentence for punching constituent

Disgraced politician has been called on to step down from the Runcorn and Helsby seat

Evening Standard

Jailed MP Mike Amesbury back in court to appeal against sentence

The 55-year-old Independent MP for Runcorn and Helsby was jailed for 10 weeks for assault.

Evening Standard

Jailed MP Mike Amesbury to return to court to appeal against sentence

The 55-year-old Independent MP for Runcorn and Helsby was jailed for 10 weeks for assault.

The Conversation

Labour’s Mike Amesbury has been jailed for punching a man – here’s why he’s still an MP

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks after he pleaded guilty to punching a man in his constituency of Runcorn and Helsby. The incident happened in October of last year. Amesbury had the Labour whip withdrawn and has sat as an independent MP since.

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Reform UK Poised for Sixth MP as Farage Eyes Shock Win in Labour Stronghold

In a dramatic political turn, Reform UK appears set to gain a sixth MP as an “inevitable” by-election in Runcorn & Helsby looms.

The Independent UK

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury jailed for punching man in street

The Runcorn and Helsby MP pleaded guilty in January to assaulting Paul Fellows in Main Street in Frodsham, Cheshire, in the early hours of October 26.

The Independent UK

Mike Amesbury among Labour’s top 50 largest majorities at 2024 election

He won Runcorn & Helsby with 53% of the vote, with Reform in second place on 18%.

Evening Standard

First by-election threat for Keir Starmer as 'punching' suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury faces jail

A judge warned the MP for Runcorn and Helsby that he was considering a prison sentence among the range of options for the assault offence

Evening Standard

Ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury says sorry as he could be jailed for street punch

The Runcorn and Helsby MP pleaded guilty to assault on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Mike Amesbury told man ‘you won’t threaten your MP again’ after street punch

The Runcorn and Helsby MP admitted a charge of assault on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury pleads guilty to assault

The MP for Runcon and Helsby appeared at Chester Magistrates’ Court.

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