"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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