Red Wall: Gains in Stoke, Grimsby, Redcar, Workington, Hartlepool, Barrow, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Bolsover
Labour has won back a string of key ‘red wall’ seats as it looks to rebuild in its…
Voting
Rochdale election result: Paul Waugh wins seat back from George Galloway
Labour’s Paul Waugh has won back Rochdale from independent former Labour MP George Galloway, who had snatched it…
Why USDAW now backs proportional representation — and Labour must too
USDAW this week took the historic decision to back proportional representation (PR) for Westminster elections. Our union represents…
Government plans for Electoral Commission criticised as “power grab”
Campaigners have warned that government proposals to reform the Electoral Commission amount to a “power grab” and called…
Elections bill means two million people could lose vote, campaigners warn
The Electoral Reform Society has argued that the government’s elections bill would drive a “bulldozer through our democracy”…
Univotes is a call to action for all Labour coders
In an age when the Tories are able to alter the headline of a BBC article to spread…
PMQs verdict: Thornberry whacks Lidders in battle of the big-hitting deputies
If Theresa May is the Geoffrey Boycott of prime minister’s questions, batting away deliveries in a relentlessly dour…
The next election will be decided in super-marginals – so politics and principle demand we give 16-year-olds the vote
It would appear that Labour is giving very serious consideration to ensuring our nation’s 16 and 17-year-olds are…
Jim McMahon: Tories will find themselves on wrong side of history over voting age
Today my bill to lower the voting age will be debated in parliament. Whatever the outcome, we will…
“The pakoras we ate together tasted of solidarity and spice” – one activist’s polling day diary from a key marginal
On June 8 at 11.30pm I arrived home after a day of campaigning. I started to say hello…
