VOTERS in Wellingborough and Kingswood headed to the polls to select their new MP today in two key by-elections.

The polling closed late at night and the results were expected early this morning in the seats being defended by the Tories, with Labour expected to take both contests.

A Tory defeat in either constituency means that the government has clocked up more by-election losses in a single parliament than any administration since the 1960s.