Iain Dale: Starmer is right to appoint one of Blair’s former advisers. But if other MPs can’t see that, Labour are doomed.

Plus: I’ll admit that I didn’t see the Lib Dem victory coming. And: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.

Joseph Baum: As a senior Chesham and Amersham Conservative, I’m dismayed by our defeat. But there’s fight in us yet.

If we don’t learn lessons, then the Party runs a real risk of repeating this result at the next general election more widely.

Bob Blackman: Voters are understandably wary about planning reforms. Here’s why a street plans scheme is a viable alternative.

These would allow individual streets, when a large majority of homeowners agree, to give themselves permission to increase the size of their houses.

Ministers mustn’t let down future generations over housing – whatever happens in by-elections

Sooner or later this problem is going to hit the Tories – hard – due to the demographics the party needs to attract at the next election.

Alex Morton: Ministers can have more houses or higher immigration. But they won’t be able to get away with both.

Annual net migration currently suggests 55,000 more homes a year since the 2014 projections – more than the entire rise planned after the housing row.

Is the Blue Wall around London in danger of cracking?

In the aftermath of the by-election, ConHome republishes Henry Hill’s post-May analysis of the threat to the Conservatives in the South.

It’s too soon to judge how the boundary review will impact the next election – but it’s fun to try

On the old electoral map, equally-sized seats was an unambiguous win for the Conservatives. But 2019 changes the calculation.

Iain Dale: The student said men are physically stronger than women. Now she’s been referred to the Student Disciplinary Board.

Plus: Batley & Spen is no Hartlepool. LibDems eye Chesham & Amersham. And: will the West Ham variant hit Europe?

Fleet wins the Conservative selection for the Chesham and Amersham by-election

He was running against Olivia Seccombe, from the National Farmers’ Union, and Nikki da Costa, Downing Street’s Director of Legislative Affairs.

In memory of my formidable, kind and imposing former constituency neighbour, Cheryl Gillan

The former Cabinet Minister and ’22 Executive Vice-Chairman leaves a majority of 16,223 in Chesham & Amersham.