Lib Dem campaigner? Then read this (no, it’s not a book by me)

ALDC has published a really good write-up by Steve Galloway of how and why Andrew Waller won so spectacularly in the Westfield by-election in York.

It concludes:

We were fortunate in one respect in so far as the by-election fell in a ward where we had been consistently politically active and where we had an established well known candidate in place.

In truth, if it had fallen elsewhere in York then we might have struggled. Spotting the right issues is important as is making the most of the mistakes that your opponents make. In the latter respect York Labour were charitable in the extreme.

My impression on the doorstep is that we are through the worst but it will take a lot of work to get back to where we were, although it can be done.

There are lots of good lessons in there for people fighting elections all over the country. Do go take a read.