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by-elections, one of them producing a Tory hold, the other a Labour hold. The net outcome is that Labour currently has 28 seats, the Tories 24 and Reform two. Several Westminster wards turn
by-election for a century. Nearly half of Britons (46%) now seek out local news through social media, second only to television and ahead of every other source. Over a third (34%) make
Kemi Badenoch taunted Starmer last week, declaring: “The PM has shown he is in office but not in power.” This was a deliberate echo of what former chancellor Norman Lamont told Conservative Prime Minister John
Kemi Badenoch** is expected in Aberdeen this morning, where she will be celebrating her party’s first gain in a Scottish Westminster byelection for almost 60 years. (See [2.39am](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/18/makerfield-byelection-keir-starmer-andy-burnham-robert-kenyon-labour-leadership-reform-aberdeen-arbroath-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a349cc08f083b97ede8b7c5#block-6a349cc08f083b97ede8b7c5).) Badenoch