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Jeremy Thorpe is one of those for whom the volume of coverage does not beget breadth of coverage, for nearly all coverage is drawn towards the one event. … Read the full post »
Two men have been arrested in Norwich following allegations of fraud involving a Conservative Party nomination paper in the May local elections. … Read the full post »
The Times has the latest news in the Electoral Commission’s investigation into whether or not Leave.EU broke election spending rules around the European referendum. … Read the full post »
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 »
Don’t miss out on your chance to vote: you can sign up for a postal vote or a proxy vote (appointing someone to vote on your behalf) if you won’t be able to make it to your local polling station to vote in person on polling day. … Read the full post »
Details of the national election expense returns for the bigger parties at the 2017 general election have been published by the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
For a while now general election candidates have been able to avoid having their home address published at election time. Instead of having their full address on the ballot paper, they can opt instead to have a note of whether they do or do not live in the constituency appear. … Read the full post »
During the 2016 European referendum, the DUP received £435,000 in a secret donation which was then spent on Brexit campaigning across the UK. The Conservatives have now ditched plans to make this donation public, ignoring the advice of the official regulator. … Read the full post »
The Conservatives are keen to introduce identity checks at polling stations before people vote. So much so, that pilots are being carried out for this May’s elections in some places. Which prompts the question, why? … Read the full post »
To be able to vote, you have to be on the electoral register and to do that, you have to fill in a simple online form. Do it now and make you don’t miss out on your democratic rights. … Read the full post »