Labour inflicts first defeat on Rishi Sunak holding Chester in by-election

Labour has inflicted the first defeat on Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak, winning the Chester by-election. Samantha Dixon took the seat with a majority of 10,974, a swing of 14 per cent on the Tory vote. Turnout was disappointingly low however at just 41 per cent. The by-election was triggered after former Labour MP Christian Matheson [...]