Over one third of the people who voted in the 2010 general election did not vote for either the Conservatives or Labour. The two parties together managed a combined vote…
Ukip hasn’t being doing that well in local by-elections of late, so Thursday’s win in Doncaster will have brought the party some cheer. They took a seat from Labour in…
A poll published this week by Lord Ashcroft suggested that, were the general election held tomorrow, Ukip would win the Tory-held constituency of Thurrock in Essex. This caused a bit…
With MPs away from the Commons until the start of September, we’ve a few weeks of pseudo-electioneering to look forward to. The photo opportunities have already begun: on Tuesday David…
Lord Ashcroft has published his latest survey of marginal seats, this time concentrating on Tory-Labour battlegrounds. A lot of media attention has focused on the fact Ukip topped the poll…
The Conservative party’s most vulnerable seat in the country has just got even more vulnerable. Dan Byles has announced he will not be seeking re-election as MP for Warwickshire North….
Some of the loudest and least dignified battles of the 2015 election will take place in the seats whose results will turn on a few hundred votes. These are the…
The constituency of Loughborough had, up until 15 July 2014, been just another seat on Labour’s target list. It had mildly symbolic value, thanks to the 3.5% swing needed for…
Nine by-election contests to report this week, and some intriguing results. Ukip were defending two seats – and lost both of them. One was on Cornwall council. Last week the…
Two months today the voters of Scotland go to the polls to decide whether their country should become independent. I thought it would be interesting to clarify a few details…
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