Sensing the growing likelihood of an election in 2015 where nobody wins a majority of seats in the House of Commons, a number of smaller political parties have started to…
Despite it proving to be wholly expected, Mark Reckless’ by-election win in Rochester & Strood has re-ignited the Ukip inflation game. After a few quiet weeks, the talk this weekend…
It wasn’t widely reported, but a by-election parallel to that in Rochester & Strood took place on Thursday. Chris Irvine won a seat on Medway council after defecting from the…
1. The Tories have a new election target And it’s an entirely winnable one too. Mark Reckless managed a majority in Rochester & Strood of just 2,920. A swing of…
Voters go to the polls today to choose a new MP for the constituency of Rochester & Strood in Kent. For anyone planning on staying up, the result is expected…
When I reviewed the state of play in Scotland just three months ago, I stated: “There is only one party likely to make gains here at the general election, and…
A total of 75 MPs have so far announced their intention to stand down at the 2015 general election. With a little over four months to go until the formal…
The 18 parliamentary seats in Northern Ireland are normally treated as a bit of an afterthought at a general election. They are not contested by any of the main British…
BBC Parliament this week repeated the BBC’s marvellous 1964 election coverage. It prompted me to look at what kind of opinion polls were around 50 years ago. Were they as…
Had David Cameron and Nick Clegg not fallen out over reform of the House of Lords, the 2015 general election would have seen the number of MPs in the House…
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