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Animosity among the fragmented right usually gets submerged by the short term quest for power. Actually the Reform-Restore rift might continue because of the characters involved and psephological calculus: no widespread incentive for Restore to step aside. But expect some local Reform-Tory pacts.

Rats fighting in a sack

Restore once again seemingly managing to prevent Reform from winning, resulting in a third party winning the by-election.

Given what we have had over the last few years at least we are starting to hedge towards Labour, if you had said that was going to be the case even a year ago, the Boomers round here would have cackled

The successful Labour candidate was third here last year and her number of votes cast is up by over 300.

The wheels are coming off for deform.

You love to see it.

Good old Restore. Simple folk but useful idiots.

Another hammering for the woeful Reform UK.

voter turnout: 29.65%