"Innocent Bystanders or the Forgotten Actors? The Role of Parties and Candidates in Building Electoral Campaign Momentum" ...

Lib Dems take Shirley Ward in Southampton off Labour from third place in dramatic council by-election victory.

Four principal authority council by-elections this week and a full slate of Liberal Democrat candidates. That is particularly ...

First, how big a deadweight the legacy of their time in office is for the future prospects of the Conservative Party. There ...

Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – new party member data from the ever-excellent Tim Bale and colleagues, Paul Webb and ...

A big bundle of principal authority council by-elections this week, split over two days with contests on both Tuesday and ...

Some striking figures from More in Common about how many Labour voters now regret their general election vote.

Yesterday I covered More in Common’s finding that 17% of Labour 2024 general election voters now say they regret their vote. Now we have polling from a different pollster, YouGov, which helps explain ...

The Guardian‘s pre-conference interview with Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is one of many times in the last few days when “constructive” has been said by a Lib Dem MP. As in being a constructive opposition ...