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 ...

"Innocent Bystanders or the Forgotten Actors? The Role of Parties and Candidates in Building Electoral Campaign Momentum" ...

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 pleasing as it is one up on the last time these wards were up. Marton ...

Two things strike me about this new data from YouGov: First, how big a deadweight the legacy of their time in office is for the future prospects of the Conservative Party. There is little positive in ...

Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – new party member data from the ever-excellent Tim Bale and colleagues, Paul Webb and ...

A big bundle of principal authority council by-elections this week, split over two days. The first two came on a Tuesday: Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse (Waverley) Council By-Election Result:🌳 ...

Read about Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP, elected to Parliament in 2005. He beat Norman Lamb to become leader of the Liberal Democrats after the 2015 general election. He stood down as leader after ...