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UK-wide, the party managed just 0.2% of the list vote. But after Nigel Farage returned to the front lines the party has exploded in national polls and is hoping to make a real impact
by-election. The voters had a mix of political histories and leanings, with longtime Labour voters sitting with supporters of right-wing parties and people who were undecided. But all expressed remarkably similar concerns about
impact of inequality. Sir Tony used a [5,600 word essay](https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/the-labour-party-is-playing-with-fire-over-its-future-and-the-future-of-the-country) to argue the Labour government had "no coherent plan" for the country and had introduced policies that had held back business
by-election will take place on Thursday 18 June 2026 after Labour MP Josh Simons resigned to make way for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to run giving him a route back to Westminster. While
by-election earlier this year. "He is the person who just about everyone could live with - unless you are Wes Streeting." Another potential Burnham supporter was more downbeat. He recognised that the Greater Manchester mayor