With all the other by-elections going on, you probably haven’t been keeping a close eye on recent events in Hackney, east London, where the Conservatives have just pulled off an astonishing victory by winning the hotly contested Cazenove ward with 53 per cent of the vote.
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Laura Pascal was only reinstated as a Labour candidate just hours before polls opened on Thursday after previously being suspended amid claims of transphobia.