Labour can celebrate byelection victories, but low turnout could indicate larger threat

Tories want swing to right to lure back disillusioned voters after Starmer’s wins in Kingswood and Wellingborough

The records continue to fall for Labour.

The result in the Wellingborough byelection, where the party achieved a 28.5% swing from the Conservatives, was the biggest Labour victory over the Tories since 1994 and the second biggest since the war.