“If a politician was an envelope, what sort of envelope would they be?” is the sort of question that – more usually featuring animals rather than envelopes – can be great at teasing out the underlying ...

Steve Akehurst has another excellent piece out concentrating on detailed polling analysis regarding Reform curious Labour voters in the Westminster constituencies which are key for Keir Starmer’s ...

Wording used: BMG: satisfied/dissatisfied, Deltapoll: well/badly, Find Out Now: well/badly, Focaldata: favourable/unfavourable, Ipsos #1: favourable/unfavourable, Ipsos #2: satisfied/dissatisfied, JL ...

Four principal authority council by-elections this week. They featured three Liberal Democrat candidates, which is two up on ...

Here’s the tally of seats changing hands in principal authority council by-elections held between the May 2025 and the May 2026 local elections: Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, ...

In Higham Ferrers ward North Northamptonshire, Reform UK has put my more council candidates than there are vacant seats to ...

Another councillor elected in May with Reform UK next to their name on the ballot paper is now no longer a Reform UK councillor: Wayne Titley. As Staffordshire County Council reports: A by-election is ...

Pink News reports that Dylan Tippetts is now the newest Lib Dem councillor: A trans councillor who quit the Labour Party after accusing the party of “throwing trans people under the bus” has joined ...