Two of Britain’s top election lawyers say the primary the Tories are holding to pick their candidate for the Rochester by-election could open the result to a legal challenge.
The first opinion in the Heywood and Middleton by-election suggests that Labour are comfortably on course to retake the seat.
Eastleigh has been transformed from a dull, safe seat to the stage for one of the most intriguing political battles in years. Political Correspondent Michael Crick looks at the players.
The real story of tomorrow’s by-elections in Rotherham, Middlesbrough and Croydon North could be further advances for non-establishment parties like Ukip and Respect.
Elections over the past 40 years have seen the growing willingness of voters to desert Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem – a trend which continued in yesterday’s polls.