The Sherwood Forest constituency has only been held by the Labour Party once in its history - albeit for a lengthy period of time - before another Conservative Party takeover.

A Conservative won Bassetlaw for the first time in nearly 100 years in 2019 – now the party faces a fight to defend a seat traditionally a deep shade of red.

By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporter The growing fragility of Labour's 'Red Wall' first became evident in 2017, particularly in the former mining constituency of Ashfield, when the party's then-MP Gloria De Piero won the election by a mere 441 votes. For generations voters had stood firmly behind the Labour Party,...

If Labour is on the path back to government, as many in the party hope, that road will almost certainly run through Mansfield.

The Labour Party supports calls for a public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has said.