Lib Dems take Shirley Ward in Southampton off Labour from third place in dramatic council by-election victory.

Four principal authority council by-elections this week and a full slate of Liberal Democrat candidates. That is particularly ...

New party member data from Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona throws light on how many party members do what.

A bumper set of 21 principal authority council by-elections this week, with another non-Thursday contest to warm us up first before 20 on Thursday. Across the 21 there are 18 Lib Dem candidates, a ...

First, how big a deadweight the legacy of their time in office is for the future prospects of the Conservative Party. There ...

A big bundle of principal authority council by-elections this week, split over two days with contests on both Tuesday and ...

Some striking figures from More in Common about how many Labour voters now regret their general election vote.

Yesterday I covered More in Common’s finding that 17% of Labour 2024 general election voters now say they regret their vote. Now we have polling from a different pollster, YouGov, which helps explain ...

Following the highly successful Lib Dem conference, the party’s new team of spokespeople in the House of Commons has been announced: I'm delighted to announce my new frontbench. This team will ...