Stoke-on-Trent by-election: What you need to know

Tristram Hunt announced on 13 January that he is to quit as a Labour MP to take on a new role as director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Hunt's decision means Labour will be defending the seat they have controlled since 1950. But Stoke-on-Trent voted overwhelmingly to Leave the EU, leaving Labour's Jeremy Corbyn to battle UKIP who finished second in the constituency in 2015.