Local elections: ‘The right split vote is more damaging than left splits’
Local elections are drawn-out affairs. Unlike in a general election where the result is known by the morning,…
Local elections
Local election results 2024: Oldham Labour loses council control amid ‘Gaza backlash’
Oldham Labour has lost control of the council in north-west England, with the party losing seats to independents…
Blackpool South by-election results: Watch new MP Chris Webb’s speech after 3rd biggest swing since WW2
Labour’s Chris Webb has won an important victory in the one Westminster by-election being held amid local elections,…
Thurrock election results 2024: Labour wins council in Leave-voting target seat
Labour has won control in Thurrock council in Essex, in a significant achievement for the party in a…
Hartlepool council results: Labour proves ‘Red Wall’ progress after past troubles
Labour has taken back control of Hartlepool council in the north-east in this year’s local elections, in what…
Ian Murray: ‘John Swinney offers nothing new – Scotland can send a government to Westminster, not just a message’
There have been a lot of remarkable moments in Scottish politics recently. For the Scottish Labour Party many…
Tom Baldwin: ‘What Blackpool’s deckchairs can tell us about its by-election’
Ten years ago, Blackpool council sold off its entire stock of 6,000 municipal deckchairs, claiming the holidaymakers who…
Inside Labour’s local election campaign: Ellie Reeves on where to spend polling day and the key contests to watch
Labour’s deputy national campaign co-ordinator Ellie Reeves has dubbed the West Midlands “the place to be on polling…
Hartlepool elections: Inside Labour’s bid to take back control in ‘red wall’ town
Hartlepool almost spelt the end of Keir Starmer’s leadership before it really began, as a recent biography revealed.…
Revealed: Poll shows 1 in 4 Tory voters says Rayner faces ‘smear campaign’
More than half of Labour voters and a quarter of Tory voters say the row over Angela Rayner’s…
