Read about the 2013 local elections, held on the first Thursday in May (not February). The contests were in England, save for the Isle of Anglesey, whose council elections had been postponed from the previous year.
A UKIP candidate who stood in Isle of Wight Council elections this year, has been banned from public life for five years, after admitting he forged signatures on his nomination form. … Read the full post »
Two activists from the far-right British National party (BNP) in Cumbria have been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred over an election leaflet that apparently equated Polish people with monkeys. … Read the full post »
In its report on May’s elections, the Electoral Commission is rather generous – over-generous even – in burying this point a long way down the document. … Read the full post »
Twenty years of progress, followed by twenty years of stalling. That’s the overall picture of Liberal Democrat (and before that Alliance / Liberal Party) progress towards gender equality at local government elections. … Read the full post »
A newly-elected UKIP councillor, at the centre of an investigation into a forged electoral nomination paper, has said he has not “done anything wrong”. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #35 looks at how the Liberal Democrats did in the May 2013 local elections. … Read the full post »
The combined vote share won by the Conservative and Labour parties in this year’s local elections was the lowest ever since (my) records began. … Read the full post »
Superficially, the story in Lancashire last week was of huge Labour gains, falling just short of getting control of the county council. … Read the full post »
It would appear the Conservatives have, judging by the reaction of many in their ranks to last week’s local elections. … Read the full post »
Some of UKIP’s support comes from places the Liberal Democrat should leave well alone – especially those yearning for a 1950s-style society of white men at work, white women at home and gays in the closet. … Read the full post »