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Labour ‘redraw political map’ with unprecendented victories

Alistair Strathern is the new MP for Mid Bedfordshire after Labour secured an historic by-election win.

Voters in the two constituencies must decide who they want to represent them in parliament following the resignations of Nadine Dorries and Chris Pincher.

The BBC asks how the Mid Bedfordshire candidates would make a difference if elected.

What does the data say about some of the key issues in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election?

Parties will contest two former safe Tory seats on 19 October, , both triggered by dramatic Conservative resignations, putting pressure on Rishi Sunak.

A split-vote Conservative victory is seen as ‘a serious threat’ as Labour and Lib Dems battle for Nadine Dorries’s former seat

Labour activists say survey shows ‘two-horse race’ in Mid Bedfordshire, amid warnings Lib Dems could split vote

Survey reveals Labour more likely than Lib Dems to overturn Conservatives’ 25,000 majority in Nadine Dorries’s former seat

Constituents in the seat formerly held by Nadine Dorries say they are disappointed with Sunak, but Starmer fares little better