Labour and Lib Dems in bitter battle over Mid Bedfordshire byelection Disagreements over who is best placed to take Nadine Dorries’s seat could threaten tactical voting strategies at general election The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023
Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies and smears’ Campaign to win Nadine Dorries’ old seat turns nasty, with Labour accused of ‘cheap stunts’ The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
Tories and Labour neck and neck in battle for Nadine Dorries seat, poll shows Labour activists say survey shows ‘two-horse race’ in Mid Bedfordshire, amid warnings Lib Dems could split vote The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023
Labour and Tories neck and neck in Mid Bedfordshire, poll suggests The polling, commissioned by a Labour-backing group, suggests a major drop off in Conservative support in the traditionally safe constituency. The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023
‘Lib Dems will raze this place to the ground’: Mid Beds byelection duel could gift seat to Tories A split-vote Conservative victory is seen as ‘a serious threat’ as Labour and Lib Dems battle for Nadine Dorries’s former seat The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023
By-election challenge for Rishi Sunak next month in Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat Voters will go to the polls in what has been a historically safe Conservative seat on October 19 Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023
A Conservative win in Mid Bedfordshire might be the best result for progressives Letter: Prof Roy Lowe on why Labour and the Liberal Democrats should battle it out in the byelection for Nadine Dorries’ newly vacated seat The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023
Lib Dems to push for swift Mid Bedfordshire by-election The Lib Dems plan to table a motion as soon as the Commons return next week. The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023
Labour attempts to seize moment after Nadine Dorries finally resigns Alistair Strathern believes Labour in byelection driving seat after ‘surreal’ resignation but Lib Dems have other ideas The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023
Dorries resignation set to trigger burst of by-election campaigning Nadine Dorries is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday, after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday. The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023
Mid Bedfordshire residents say Dorries ‘should have gone long ago’ The Conservative former culture secretary resigned on Saturday, 11 weeks after she vowed to go Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2023
Labour confident it ‘can win’ Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat But the Lib Dems are also hopeful they can snap up the traditionally safe Tory constituency from third place in 2019. The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023
Labour and Lib Dems vie to snap up Nadine Dorries’ seat A by-election is expected in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency within weeks after the Conservative former culture secretary finally resigned. The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023
Tories turn on ‘useless’ Nadine Dorries after attack on Sunak Boris Johnson loyalist branded ‘bitter’ and ‘embarrassment’ – after making extraordinary accusation in exit letter that PM put her safety at risk The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023 Nadine Dorries quits as Tory MP after 11-week delay with attack on Rishi Sunak The former culture secretary’s exit leaves the Prime Minister facing a tricky by-election in her seat.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023 Nadine Dorries vowed to do her best for her constituents. In resigning, she has succeeded The shameless Tory had too many strings to her bow to care much about Mid Bedfordshire
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023 ‘As useful as a chocolate teapot’: voters’ verdict on awol Nadine Dorries The Mid Bedfordshire MP has finally resigned 11 weeks after she first said she would – but patience among her constituents had already worn thin
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023 ‘Dosser’ Nadine Dorries faces new bill to force by-election after refusing to resign ‘End this sorry saga’: Motion would trigger recall petition – as Labour and Lib Dems urged to form electoral pact in Mid-Bedfordshire
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023 Lib Dems to table Bill for Nadine Dorries’ suspension as an MP The party hopes the move will pave the way for a by-election in the Tory former minister’s Mid Bedfordshire seat.
The Week · Aug 23, 2023 Nadine Dorries and four of the other weirdest Westminster exits Labour leader Keir Starmer has said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must “get a grip” and force Mid Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries to step down.
Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023 Tory MP Nadine Dorries ‘should just go’, says Labour’s Keir Starmer over resignation row Former Culture Secretary has not stood down as Mid-Bedfordshire MP ten weeks after pledging to do so
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023 Pressure mounts on Nadine Dorries as second council calls for her to quit as MP Member of parliament for Mid Bedfordshire said she would resign in June but has yet to do so
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023 Second council urges Nadine Dorries to resign from Mid Bedfordshire seat ‘immediately’ Nadine Dorries has been urged by a second town council in her Mid Bedfordshire seat to resign immediately as she came under fire for having “scant interest” in her constituency.
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023 Pressure mounts on Nadine Dorries to go as second council calls on her to quit The Tory former cabinet minister announced her intention to quit in June after she failed to receive a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023 Nadine Dorries urged to quit as MP by council in her constituency Call for ex-minister to stand down comes nearly two months after she vowed to leave ‘with immediate effect’