First by-election test for Rishi Sunak as voters choose new MP in Chester trends now

First by-election test for Rishi Sunak as voters choose new MP in Chester trends now
First by-election test for Rishi Sunak as voters choose new MP in Chester trends now

First by-election test for Rishi Sunak as voters choose new MP in Chester trends now

First by-election test for Rishi Sunak as voters choose new MP in Chester - but Labour is on track for easy win with poll showing Keir Starmer's party has 25-point lead nationally Voters are choosing a new MP in Chester after the Labour incumbent resigned First test for Rishi Sunak even though Keir Starmer's party expected to win easily A grim poll shows that the Tories are trailing Labour by 25 points nationally 

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Rishi Sunak is facing his first by-election test today as Labour defends its Chester seat.

The constituency is choosing a new MP in the wake of the departure of Christian Matheson, who quit the Commons after a watchdog upheld complaints of 'serious sexual misconduct'.

Although Keir Starmer's party is expected to win the contest easily, the results will be scrutinised for evidence of how the wider political landscape is shifting.

Mr Sunak is seen as having steadied the Tory ship since taking over following the disastrous Liz Truss premiership.

But there have been few signs of a bounce in the

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