Two important patterns behind the Lib Dem local election results
As I analysed in some detail in the last Liberal Democrat Newswire, the Lib Dem performance in this year’s local elections is a mirror of last year. … Read the full post »
2018 Local Elections
Read about the 2018 local council elections, held on Thursday 3 May and which saw the Liberal Democrats under Vince Cable make more net gains than the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn.
For a full data series of the annual local election results, see my LocalBase.
It appears that the way to avoid being surprised by election results is, ahem, to read me
Regular readers may recall that ahead of the 2017 general election I pointed out how the polls weren’t really all over the place and the range of likely results they pointed to included the Conservatives losing their majority. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems prospering right across the country, but just how well is the party doing?
Liberal Democrats gain seat from Labour with a massive 57% increase in the vote. … Read the full post »
Not even Conservatives will be wanting to copy this Ilford Conservative literature
Oops. Template editing fail by Ilford Conservatives ahead of this week’s local council elections in the borough. … Read the full post »
Conservative council group leader faces police investigation over free pens
Jeremy Moulton, leader of the Conservatives on Southampton Council, is facing a police investigation over the handing out of free pens. … Read the full post »
Deselected Conservative councillor urges vote for Lib Dems in key Barnet ward
Barnet Liberal Democrats have picked up an endorsement from Sury Khatri, the deselected Conservative councillor who said he was victim of a “right wing and hard Brexit” coup. … Read the full post »
Why one Liberal Democrat councillor will be voting Green this May
Carl Cashman, the leader of the Liberal Democrats in Knowsley, is going to be casting his vote for a Green Party candidate this May. … Read the full post »
Candidate numbers for May elections come with a warning for Lib Dems
The final candidate totals for this May’s local elections are now collated and confirmed the story of Liberal Democrat candidate numbers being up significantly on four years ago. That’s the good news. The news also comes with a caveat and a warning. … Read the full post »
How will the Lib Dems do in May? (Liberal Democrat Newswire #111)
The May elections are only a few weeks, a couple of dozen leaflet drops and three score candidate tweets away. So LDN #111 takes a look at the Lib Dem prospects, how Brexit may play out in those contests and what we can learn from the candidate numbers. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems predicted to poll 18% and make 30 net gains in May elections
The annual council election predictions from Michael Thrasher and Colin Rallings are out, based on what has been happening in council by-elections. … Read the full post »