There may be just four months to go until the election, but candidates are still being selected for seats up and down the country. Over the new year it emerged…

Thousands of candidates will have started this year dreaming of success at the general election and the chance of a shot at power. I’ve picked 15 of them. All these individuals…

Welcome to 2015: general election year. With so much uncertainty about the result and inconsistency among the opinion polls, perhaps the only thing it’s safe to say about the election…

To wrap up the year, I’m looking back at some of the most significant political events of the past 12 months and picking 14 charts that sum up what I…

To wrap up the year, I’ve looked back at some of the most significant political events of the past 12 months and picked 14 charts that sum up what I…

It’s rare for ex-MPs to return the House of Commons, particularly those who have since gone on to high-profile jobs in other political institutions. But in 2015 we will see…

A total of 79 MPs are standing down at the election, with some big names among them. What are some of the ways they could fill their time once they…

Here’s what Tony Benn did 49 years ago today, when he was Postmaster-General in Harold Wilson’s first Labour government: This evening, after everyone else was in bed, Hilary and I…