Come and help in the by-elections today! We'll be delivering and canvassing for Nigel Bakhai in Ealing Southall and for Greg Stone in Sedgefield up until the moment the polls close at 10pm. Click the links to find out how to get to the relevant HQ.

Reacting to the news that Labour has called the Ealing Southall and Sedgefield by-elections, Liberal Democrat Chief Executive Chris Rennard said:

"Labour are scared of the Liberal Democrat challenge. In recent years they lost Brent East, Leicester South and Dunfermline to us. They have called the Ealing Southall and Sedgefield by-elections at very short notice to try to stop us building momentum.

"Ealing Southall has the second largest Asian community in the country. We came second here in the General Election and must aim to repeat the successful campaign that won Brent East for Sarah Teather.  But we have to try and do it three weeks - not the three months that we had for that campaign."

Commenting further, Chris Rennard said:

"Sedgefield is next door to Hartlepool where Liberal Democrats came close to seizing Peter Mandelson’s former constituency in the 2004 by-election.

"Our MPs have cancelled their regular parliamentary meetings in order to free up time for the campaigns. Many other party meetings are being cancelled in order to allow party members to come and help the campaigns.

"We will be fighting vigorous campaigns in both seats to hold Gordon Brown and Labour to account for their record.

"You can make a donation now to help our campaigns on our website."

The campaign websites are at www.sedgefieldlibdems.org.uk and www.ealinglibdems.org.uk