Cambridge is one of Labour’s more ambitious targets at the general election. The Liberal Democrats’ Julian Huppert won the seat in 2010 with a majority of 6,792 over the Tories,…

There were just two council by-elections this week, but they produced a morale-boosting win for the Conservatives and twin humiliations for Labour. Here’s the result of the Tories’ victory, which…

No gains for the main parties this week. The only seats to change hands in Thursday’s council by-elections were won by independents – in one case, from another independent:

Ukip had a number of chances in this week’s council by-elections to broaden the momentum it has enjoyed since winning the constituency of Clacton a fortnight ago. A few victories…

The Rochester & Strood by-election is still over a month away, but this week’s council by-elections gave Ukip a chance to remind the Conservatives of how powerful a force they…

The Conservatives were able to hand a very mild drubbing to their erstwhile MP Douglas Carswell in this week’s council by-elections. A seat on Essex county council was up for…

Only one of this week’s seven council by-elections saw a seat change hands – and it was a gain by Ukip. The party narrowly won a seat from Labour on…

All of seats up for grabs in this week’s council by-elections changed hands. The Tories took one from the Lib Dems – but the Lib Dems took two from the…

More so than usual, this week’s council by-elections were overshadowed by events elsewhere. In their own humble way they had a few interesting stories to tell, however. Labour was the…

No seats changed hands in this week’s six council by-elections, though there were a few intriguing swings to give the main parties something to ponder.