Signs of progress for Labour as it aims to win back Wakefield in byelection

Voters frustrated that promised changes have gone undelivered since red wall' seat turned blue

It was nearing 4am on election night in 2019 when Wakefield became yet another piece of Labour's crumbling red wall" and the new Conservative MP, Imran Ahmad Khan, declared that residents had for too long felt taken for granted" and promised to give them a voice.

Two and a half years later, the West Yorkshire city and its surrounding towns are fighting to have that pledge fulfilled after being left unrepresented in parliament owing to a lengthy legal battle that ended with Khan being jailed for child sexual assault.