"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 ...

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

Election campaigns often put significant effort into persuading voters that their candidate(s) could win. But does such campaigning really change people’s expectations of who might win? And even if it ...

Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, broken down by where those gains/losses have come from. Each cell shows the net gains/losses, followed by in brackets the total number of gains ...

Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with party leadership ratings. If you’d like to find out more about how polls work, how ...

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

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