A bumper ten principal authority council by-elections this week and a bumper set of good news for Lib Dems - with an ...

The Smallest Room in the House is Phil Cowley's latest book, collating 50 fun yet useful insights from political science.

The Liberal Democrats make another council by-election gain in Conservative frontbencher Mel Stride's constituency.

Nicole Brooke was elected a Reform councillor in Northumberland in May, but is now out of the party. She's been talking to the local paper.

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* indicates a figure with slightly different fieldwork dates from the rest of the row. Wording used: BMG: satisfied/dissatisfied, Find Out Now: well/badly, Focaldata: favourable/unfavourable, ...

Here’s my coverage of all the local council by-election results in Britain, updated each week as the results come in. I include all principal authority by-elections (i.e. borough, district, county and ...

Below is the list of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates (formerly Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, aka PPCs) for the July 2024 general election. If you’d like to help them, a great way ...

The Week in Polls is my exclusive once a week round-up of what we’ve learnt from British political opinion polling and analysis, handily condensed for you into one ...

Looking beyond those elected in May, there are further cases of councillors departing from Reform. Richard Everett was elected as a Conservative to Tendring District Council in 2023, later joining ...

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts is another in the occasional series looking back at previous party leaders with Duncan Brack. This time we pick over Jeremy Thorpe’s career – securing ...

Wondering what the Lib Dems achieved between 2010 and 2015 when they were in coalition government? Here’s the answer to that, in poster form. (Click/tap on the image for a larger version or scroll ...