Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer talking to Carole Manders, right, who voted Conservative in 2019 but after feeling let down will be voting labour in the Wakefield by-election.
Labour Party by-election candidate Simon Lightwood speaks with students at Wakefield college. Getty Images
A view of Wakefield town centre. Politicos are watching the town's coming by-election as an indicator of how Boris Johnson's 'partygate' travails may be affecting his party's prospects at the ballot box. Getty Images
Rescue workers during a six-day rescue operation at Lofthouse Colliery, near Wakefield, in 1973. Seven miners had been killed the previous day when the excavation of a new coalface caused an inrush of three million gallons of water. Getty Images
Tony Banks at the Allerton Bywater Miners Memorial. Photo: Outwood Community Video
Wakefield musician Steve Walters. Photo: Nicky Harley / The National
A couple sit outside a coffee shop in Wakefield town centre ahead of the by-election. Getty Images
Nadeem Ahmed, a local councillor who was born in the area, is the Conservative candidate. He has been joined on the campaign trail by Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, but Boris Johnson has yet to be seen. Getty Images
For many in Wakefield, rising energy and food bills are the most pressing concerns. Getty Images
A woman changes a window display in a travel agency in Wakefield town centre. Getty Images
Sir Keir speaks to party supporters as he campaigns for the Wakefield by-election. Getty Images
Sir Kier speaking to members of the media in Wakefield. Getty Images
The Wakefield by-election will take place on June 23. Getty Images
Sir Keir with local councillors Denise Jeffrey, right, and Simon Lightwood, left, on the Wakefield by-election campaign trail.
