Eight lessons from the general election campaign for activities outside politics
Social media was a core part of how parties across the political spectrum ran their election campaigns for May 2010. … Read the full post »
2010 General Election
Read about the 2010 general election, which resulted in a Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government with David Cameron becoming Prime Minister and Nick Clegg Deputy Prime Minister. The coalition lasted the full five years until the 2015 general election.
Listen now: Lessons for future campaigning from the 2010 election
The Wednesday lunchtime at Liverpool conference saw myself chairing the last of The Voice’s fringe meetings, this one looking at lessons from the 2010 general election. … Read the full post »
Talking politics in Kingston: lessons from the 2010 election
Last night I headed over to Kingston Liberal Democrats to talk at their pasta and politics event about campaigning lessons from the 2010 general election. … Read the full post »
Are you sending too few emails?
Over 51,800 phone calls were made through the Unite phone bank operation which is an average of over 1,100 calls per key seat for the 2010 general election. … Read the full post »
Careful what you write, it may end up in court
As Nick Thornsby has covered on his blog, today was the first day of the court case against Labour MP Phil Woolas over his election campaign. … Read the full post »
Phil Woolas election case: follow the online coverage
Monday sees the start of a court case against Labour MP Phil Woolas alleging false statements were made about his Liberal Democrat opponent, Elwyn Watkins, during the general election earlier this year. … Read the full post »
The male dominance of online British politics
One of the curious of political blogging in the UK is how male dominated it is. Although the Office of National Statistics’s figures show that the majority of bloggers in the UK are female… … Read the full post »
Marked register goes missing in Wolverhampton constituency
More problems with the general election administration have come to light in Wolverhampton South West, with the news that one of the marked registers has gone missing. An investigation is already taking place into a mismatch between the number of ballot papers counted and the number issued, with more having been recorded as counted than were officially issued. … Read the full post »
The mysterious 66 votes in Wolverhampton South West
According to the official election results, Wolverhampton South West saw more votes cast than there had been ballot papers issued. … Read the full post »
Lessons for future campaigning from the 2010 election
That’s the title of one of the four fringe events I’m chairing or speaking at during the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool. … Read the full post »