In the weeks leading up to the by-election, Labour pulled its support from its own candidate Azhar Ali over conspiracy theories he spouted on Israel, and was then out of time to pick a new one under electoral rules.
The result will alarm officials in the Labour Party who may well be calculating the cost of Sir Keir's initial reluctance to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the death toll reportedly now stands at more than 30,000.
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