The first by-election of 2023 will take place in February after a Labour MP quit for a role in the NHS. A writ has been moved - meaning the correct paperwork has been filed - for the West Lancashire by-election. The seat is up for grabs after Rosie Cooper formally resigned as an MP in November to become chairwoman of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. Ms Cooper, 72, has held the Labour stronghold since 2005, securing more than 52% of the vote and a majority of 8,336 at the last election. Having been created in 1983, the seat was...