Since 1979, there have been only two general elections where the winner has been uncertain: 1992 and 2010. In every other contest it’s been possible to name the victor several…

We’re now less than nine months away from the formal start of the election campaign. Even though it’s still over 10 months until polling day, the campaign is set to…

The Fabian Society has published a pamphlet called Labour’s Next Majority: A Constituency Guide. It’s written by the society’s deputy general secretary Marcus Roberts, and contains ideas and tactics to…

…is looking for a new incumbent. Joe Benton, Labour MP for Bootle since 1990, has announced he is stepping down next year. Benton was born in 1933, and is one…

George Osborne was in Manchester yesterday, dangling goodies in front of the region’s bigwigs and noting pointedly that he is only the second chancellor of the exchequer in history to…

One of the reasons often trotted out for the Tories’ surprise win at the 1970 general election is the publication of some unexpectedly poor trade statistics in the week of…

First Jack Straw, then Peter Hain, now David Blunkett: the list of Labour big beasts stepping down at the 2015 general election has just got longer. Blunkett has been an…

What’s going to happen to Mike Hancock, former Liberal Democrat turned independent member of parliament for Portsmouth South? Plenty of people have been offering a view on what should happen…

The Queen will today formally open the final session of this parliament. We’re already into its fifth year, though this won’t be the fifth session. That’s because the coalition government…

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…