Ukip’s first MP, Bob Spink, found guilty of electoral fraud
Former Conservative and Ukip MP Bob Spink has been found guilty of tricking people into signing nomination papers for last year’s local elections. … Read the full post »
Read about the 2016 local council elections, held on Thursday 5 May. They coincided with elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and, in London, for both the Mayor and London Assembly.
For a full data series of the annual local election results, see my LocalBase.
Former Conservative and Ukip MP Bob Spink has been found guilty of tricking people into signing nomination papers for last year’s local elections. … Read the full post »
Far-right activist Steve Uncles is facing jail for cheating the election system by submitting fraudulent nomination forms. … Read the full post »
The proportion of Liberal Democrat local council candidates candidates who are female continued to flat-line in 2016 as it has now for nearly thirty years. … Read the full post »
The man who was deputy leader of the Conservatives in Derby before resigning in the face of questions over his election paperwork has now been convicted of breaking the law. … Read the full post »
Investigations by the Derby Telegraph show, the newspaper says, that Richard Smalley, former Tory deputy leader in Derby, used a false address on his nomination papers in this May’s local elections. … Read the full post »
Read Liberal Democrat Newswire #80’s post-mortem on the 2016 elections. … Read the full post »
Here is the full ward by ward voting breakdown for London Mayor and London Assembly. … Read the full post »
Greater Manchester Police has confirmed it is looking into four allegations of “personation” – where an individual votes as someone else – which allegedly occurred during the Oldham Council elections. … Read the full post »
Here are the wards with the 20 biggest increases in the Liberal Democrat list ballot between 2012 and 2016. … Read the full post »
Now that the full ward-by-ward election results are out for the 2016 London Mayor and Assembly elections, here are the top 20 wards for Lib Dem vote share on the London Assembly list ballot. … Read the full post »