Spool back five years. It’s just before Christmas 2009, most news organisations are winding down for the festive season, when suddenly an announcement is made confirming there will be live…
The number of MPs standing down at the 2015 election is up to 79. The departures keep on coming – Labour’s Hugh Bayley announced his exit late last week –…
One of the most persuasive trends in British politics over 2014 has been the decline in support for the two main parties. The latest opinion polls show the combined vote…
The news that the former first minister of Scotland is standing as a candidate in the general election was not unexpected. Neither was the constituency of Gordon a surprise. It…
Time for my latest prediction of the election result. I am – as ever – expecting a hung parliament. I also continue to think Labour will get the most seats….
Just one seat changed hands in this week’s council by-elections. Labour made a gain from an independent on Mansfield council. No independents were contesting the seat this time, and Labour’s…
Aside from a notoriously eventful private life, Jeremy Thorpe – whose death was announced yesterday – endured a run of perilous election performances unique for the leader of any UK…
In terms of the cabinet pecking order, Danny Alexander might end up the most senior politician to lose their seat on polling day. The Treasury chief secretary has a majority…
The counties of Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire hold the greatest concentration of Labour targets in the country. Outside of Merseyside and Greater Manchester, north-west England offers the best chance for…
Continuing my look at the seats that will illustrate how well or how badly each party does at the election, here’s my pick for the Liberal Democrats. As with my…
UK elections 2015 