LONDON — Britain's opposition Labor Party has held onto three House of Commons seats in special elections that saw a surge for the anti-Europe UK Independence Party. Labor retained seats in the English towns of Middlesbrough and Croydon left vacant by the deaths of lawmakers, and the Rotherham constituency of Denis MacShane, who resigned over expenses fraud. UKIP, which wants Britain to withdraw from the European Union, came second in Rotherham and Middlesbrough — ahead of the governing Conservatives — and third in Croydon. — AP
