Runcorn and Helsby by-election defeat: Results breakdown, analysis and reaction
Labour’s Karen Shore has lost the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, after battling out a knife-edge fight with Reform…
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West of England mayor results unpacked as Labour clinch four-way race
Helen Godwin has held the West of England mayoralty for Labour in a closely fought campaign, seeing off…
Scottish Parliament elections 2026: Full list of Labour candidates for Holyrood
Selection for Labour’s candidates for next year’s Scottish Parliament elections is well underway, with more than 20 chosen…
Runcorn and Helsby: At least 150 Labour MPs visit – but Keir Starmer ain’t one
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has yet to visit Runcorn and Helsby during the by-election campaign, despite some MPs…
Mass vote losses to Lib Dems and Greens would cost Labour twice as many seats as mass Reform switch, survey claims
Labour could lose more seats from a large-scale defection to the Greens and Liberal Democrats than a similar-scale…
Mayor elections 2025: Poll results breakdown as YouGov predicts four Labour defeats
Labour is forecast to lose all four combined mayoral elections on May 1, according to polling by YouGov.…
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayor election: Nik Johnson on why he’s standing down and Anna Smith on knife-edge Labour-Tory fight to replace him
With local elections across parts of England less than a week away, I went to visit Cambridgeshire and…
50,000 back MP’s petition for a wealth tax to raise cash instead of welfare cuts
A petition by a left-wing Labour MP calling for the government to abandon its welfare reforms in favour…
Where’s Keir? PM barely features in Labour party election broadcasts for the locals
Keir Starmer is notably absent from two recent Labour party election broadcasts for this year’s local elections, as…
Jonathan Ashworth ‘to quit as Labour Together CEO in July’
Jonathan Ashworth is set to leave his role at Labour Together at the end of July, The Spectator…
