Sources: BBC
British Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke defects to the opposition Labour Party, citing the Sunak government's failure to stop the English Channel migrant crisis. 2024-05-8
The Conservative Party is defeated in both the Tiverton and Honiton by-election and the Wakefield by-election by the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party, respectively. Conservative chairman Oliver Dowden resigns in the aftermath of the defeats. 2022-06-24
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tests positive for COVID-19. 2021-10-27
Joining their 12 colleagues from the day before, Luciana Berger, Angela Eagle, Maria Eagle, Kate Green, Nia Griffith, John Healey, Lisa Nandy and Owen Smith resign from the Labour Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn, alongside 18 junior shadow ministers and 9 additional frontbenchers, while Angela Smith and Steve Bassam of the House of Lords leadership will boycott attending Shadow Cabinet meetings, all in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership over the EU referendum, and the firing of Hilary Benn. 2016-06-27
Two British Labour Party peers are suspended by their party after allegations they offered to undertake Parliamentary work in exchange for payment. A third peer, from the Ulster Unionist Party resigns the whip following the allegations. 2013-06-2
Former British Labour MP Jim Devine is jailed for 16 months for fraudulently claiming £8,385 in expenses. 2011-03-31
British Labour MP Eric Illsley resigns his seat two days before he is due to be sentenced for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses, thus triggering a by-election. 2011-02-8
Voters in the English constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth go to the polls for a by-election resulting in a win by Labour candidate Debbie Abrahams. 2011-01-13
Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the British Labour Party, issues an apology for branding Danny Alexander, a member of the British Government, a "ginger rodent". Mr Alexander tweets in response: "I am proud to be ginger and rodents do valuable work cleaning up mess others leave behind". 2010-10-30
Ed Miliband, the new leader of the UK's Labour Party, makes his first major speech at the party's Annual Conference in Manchester telling delegates that his "new generation" will return the party to power. 2010-09-28