Halfway through May, here’s how the parties’ poll averages are looking: Labour is on 34.9% (down 1.7 percentage points compared with April), the Conservatives are on 32.7% (up 0.3), the…
London is undoubtedly one of the key battlegrounds in next week’s elections. It could also be one of the bloodiest. Every single seat across the entire municipal area is up…
…and one of them isn’t the Liberal Democrats. The 73 MEPs currently representing the UK are divided between 14 parties: That adds up to 72. The 73rd MEP, Godfrey Bloom,…
While Labour’s average opinion poll lead has narrowed of late, the overall trend continues to suggest the next government will be one with either a small Labour majority or a…
Ukip is fond of talking about “metropolitan types”, usually in critical terms. Nigel Farage likes dropping caustic remarks about them into interviews, while his party’s supporters are equally frequent in…
The introduction of fixed-term parliaments has removed all mystery about when voters will get their say at the ballot box. We can all prepare well in advance for polling day…
We had an actual election result yesterday. Here it is: This was the last local council by-election before the bumper crop of contests on 22 May. And it was a…
Opinion polls don’t tell us anything. They only suggest, tease, taunt and, for party leaders (especially those who claim they “never read them”) inspire panic. As we get ever-nearer to…
A year from today, the country will be waking up to find it has elected a new… what exactly? A new government? Perhaps. But I think it’s unlikely. I doubt…
12 months from now, the UK will go to the polls in what will be one of the most exciting contests in recent history. Yes, I know they say that…
UK elections 2015 