Watch: The moment Labour's Alistair Strathern won Mid Bedfordshire

Labour have made history by winning a by-election in the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary seat which has been held by the Tories since 1931.

Labour's Alistair Strathern won the seat with a 1,192 majority, overturning the 24,664 achieved by his Conservative predecessor Nadine Dorries in the 2019 general election.

The win is the largest Conservative majority overturned by Labour at a by-election since 1945.

Watch the moment the result was declared at the council offices in Chicksands.

20 October 2023