The writ has now officially been moved in Parliament for a by-election in Norwich North on 23rd July to replace Ian Gibson, who resigned in the wake of the Labour Party banning him from standing at the general election.
Conservative candidate Chloe Smith has been in place since January 2008 and you can read more about her campaign on her website. It's certainly good weather for campaigning at the moment, as the picture here of Chloe with MPs Richard Bacon, Alistair Burt and Owen Paterson demonstrates.
But no by-election has been called for the other vacant seat, Glasgow North East, vacated by Michael Martin. It was suggested in this morning's Daily Record that the poll there would not happen until November! I blogged at the weekend about the ludicrousness of the situation whereby people are left without an MP for months on end.
Jonathan Isaby
