Labour MP quits with 'immediate effect' as resignation sparks by-election

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Boris Johnson’s Tories will want to seize to firm up their hold on the former “red wall” of Labour seats in the north of England.Hill was elected to Parliament in 2017 in the seat once held by former Minister and New Labour architect, Peter Mandelson.Hill held onto his seat in the 2019 election with a majority of 3,595But Labour saw a 14.8 per cent drop in its vote in the December election in which the Brexit Party polled 10,603 votes in the constituency.The by-election will be the first electoral challenge faced by Keir Starmer since being elected leader of the party in April 2020.The sitting party in a seat gets to choose the date of a by-election and Labour will be desperate to avoid the voter while Boris Johnson is enjoying a “vaccine.