How to send your views to the Lib Dem elections review
Over 22,000 (yes, twenty-two thousand) submissions have already been made to the party’s independent review into the general and European elections. … Read the full post »
2019 European Parliament Election
Read about the May 2019 European Parliament elections (with the d’Hondt list PR system).
It originally looked like Britain would have left the European Union before these elections took place but that changed with the extension of the Article 50 process.
The Liberal Democrats had a record-breaking result, with 15 MEPs and outpolling both Labour and the Conservatives.
Meet the 15 people running the Lib Dem elections review
An impressive panel of 15 people is investigating the lessons from the general and European elections for the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Dorothy Thornhill to chair Liberal Democrat elections review
The Chair is Dorothy Thornhill, who was the elected Mayor of Watford for 16 years, leading a successful turnaround of the council’s administration and quality of services. … Read the full post »
How Tim Harford can help Lib Dems learn the right lessons from the 2019 elections
In the new year, the party will be kicking off its formal review of both the general election and the European Parliament election. … Read the full post »
LISTEN: What happened to the Lib Dems and how do we make it happen again? (now with subtitles)
Why did the Liberal Democrats do so well in the local and European Parliament elections – and how can this success be repeated? … Read the full post »
European Parliament election results 2019 broken down by Westminster constituency
Chris Hanretty has calculated estimates as to what the European Parliament election result was in each Westminster constituency. … Read the full post »
The revenge of the Remainers: Liberal Democrat Newswire #125
Liberal Democrat Newswire #125 came out last week, taking a look at the remarkable European Parliament elections and what comes next for the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
The 3.5 million Conservative voters the next Tory leader seems destined to neglect
The 3.5 million Leave-voting Labour supporters have got a lot of attention. Until very recently, very little attention has been paid to another 3.5 million. … Read the full post »
Will the Lib Dem boom go bust? Never Mind The Bar Charts Episode #9
Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, in which Stephen Tall and I picked over the European election results and what comes next for the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
European Parliament election results: rolling coverage
Well, here we go… It’s been an election campaign with remarkably good polls for the Liberal Democrats, even suggesting the party could beat the Conservatives for the first time in a national election since 1906.
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