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

Welcome to the 129th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which returns to the Conservative Party’s leadership contest and what the polls tell us about members and the public. Find out more by reading ...

Welcome to the 129th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which returns to the Conservative Party’s leadership contest and what the polls tell us about members and the public. Find out more by reading ...

Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with party leadership ratings. If you’d like to find out more about how polls work, how ...

Four principal authority council by-elections this week and a full slate of Liberal Democrat candidates. That is particularly pleasing as it is one up on the last time these wards were up. Marton ...

Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, broken down by where those gains/losses have come from. Each cell shows the net gains/losses, followed by in brackets the total number of gains ...

Two things strike me about this new data from YouGov: First, how big a deadweight the legacy of their time in office is for the future prospects of the Conservative Party. There is little positive in ...

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 ...