Astounding byelection losses are about more than Tory MPs’ conduct – the party has a big general election problem: Byelection results in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire represent new lows for a Conservative government that will soon be obliged to confront its mortality. Even allowing for the capacity of byelections to produce startling results, the scale …
Labour set to win Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection – but only a thumping majority will herald big Scottish gains next year: More than three years after the COVID law-breaking that cost the SNP’s Margaret Ferrier her job as MP, voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West will be summoned to the polls on October 5 …
Byelection losses are terrible for the Conservatives – but there are glimmers of hope: It says much of the Conservatives’ current plight that a win of just 495 votes is being hailed with relief inside the party. The Conservatives narrowly avoided a total wipeout in the July 20 trio of byelections, successfully defending Boris Johnson’s former …
Boris Johnson has triggered a bumper byelection bonanza – I studied 148 past contests to find out what we can expect: The UK is facing three byelections in constituencies all vacated within 24 hours of one another. Former prime minister Boris Johnson announced he was leaving parliament with immediate effect on June 9, leaving his …
Tiverton and Honiton byelection: rural voters are itching for a chance to cast a protest vote: Tiverton and Honiton in Devon has long been a Conservative stronghold. But the Liberal Democrats believe they have a good chance of taking the seat in an impending byelection. The vote follows the resignation of former MP Neil Parish, …
North Shropshire byelection: lessons from the Liberal Democrats’ upset victory: The Conservative Party’s poor performance in North Shropshire byelection was not unexpected, despite the rural seat having been a Tory stronghold for nearly 200 years. The Liberal Democrat candidate Helen Morgan overturned a massive Conservative majority of nearly 23,000 in North Shropshire to win the …
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Batley and Spen: what bitter UK by-election won by sister of murdered MP tells us about state of British politics: The Batley and Spen by-election was a close contest that went right down to the wire with few commentators risking calling the result before it was announced. At 5:25am it was declared. Kim Leadbeater was …
Batley and Spen: two problems Labour needs to overcome to win this crucial by-election: On the campaign trail: Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves in Batley, June 24. Danny Lawson/PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo By-elections rarely cause political earthquakes but as the most recent one in Chesham and Amersham has highlighted, they can …
Six reasons why the Tories lost the Chesham and Amersham byelection: The recent Chesham and Amersham by-election was a major shock for the Conservative Party, which had trumpeted recent polls showing its lead over Labour as proof of Boris Johnson’s ability to “defy political gravity”“. But, in this – previously solidly Tory – constituency in …
South Africa in the news: Smooth run at the polls on big by-election day for South Africa: The Independent Electoral Commission says the 40 by-elections across the country had a ‘steady flow’ of people into voting stations. There were no reported incidents.: “South Africa” – BingNews Electronic Vaccination Data System: How to secure a Covid-19 …
Hartlepool by-election: inside the new northern Conservatism: The Conservative party’s victory in the Hartlepool by-election is the latest development in a political realignment that has been bubbling under the surface for more than a decade. This is only the fifth time that a governing party has taken a seat in a by-election since the end …
Hartlepool by-election: red wall seat will be a key test for Keir Starmer’s leadership: Since the end of last year, the Labour party and its leader Keir Starmer have been struggling in the polls. This is for a range of reasons, including ongoing internal party divisions. Starmer has been personally criticised for not taking a …
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South Africa in the news: It’s by-election Super Wednesday in South Africa: On 11 November the largest number of by-elections in SA ever takes place on a single day: 107 seats are up for grabs in 95 wards. With research by Wayne Sussman.: “South Africa” – BingNews Don’t forget the victims of corruption: The recent …
Fake email claims Kerryn Phelps has HIV in bizarre by-election smear campaign: Campaigning for the Wentworth by-election has reached bizarre levels after an email circulated incorrectly claiming independent favourite Kerryn Phelps has HIV and is withdrawing from the race. “But they say a week's a long time in politics and the last three days I …
‘Weird preference swaps’ raise Greens ire ahead of Perth byelection: How-to-vote cards distributed by Labor and a candidate associated with the Western Australia Party ahead of Saturday's Perth byelection have raised the ire of the Greens, who have been locked out of preference flows in the seat. Labor candidate Patrick Gorman and Julie Matheson, a …