Rishi Sunak is facing his first test at the ballot box as voters go to the polls to choose a new City of Chester MP.
The contest will give both Labour and the Tories a glimpse into how voters are reacting to a tumultuous six months for the government, as it marks the first Westminster by-election since Boris Johnson’s defenestration and the market chaos that defined Liz Truss’s short stint in No 10.
