Police investigation into electoral fraud reaches Theresa May’s inner circle
Prime Minister’s chief of staff Nick Timothy “provided assistance” to a controversial election campaign now under investigation by police. … Read the full post »
Read about what the regulator for elections and political finance in the UK, the Electoral Commission, has got up to. It was created in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA).
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Prime Minister’s chief of staff Nick Timothy “provided assistance” to a controversial election campaign now under investigation by police. … Read the full post »
Roger Gabb and Sue Inkin have been fined £1,000 each for illegal newspaper advertisements during the 2016 European referendum promoting a Leave vote. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has claimed indelible pencils have never been used in British polling stations – even though it previously ran a consultation based on the fact that they were in use. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has made a sensible ruling over election imprints in a case involving the SNP. But it’s better if you ignore it. Here’s why. … Read the full post »
A long list of recommendations should always have a careful reader diving for the details to see quite what is lurking in the list. … Read the full post »
If critics of individual electoral registration are willing to swallow their words, face to up the evidence and do a u-turn they’ll have a good argument for rejecting the new Parliamentary boundaries. … Read the full post »
Almost completely lost in all the other political news was the Liberal Democrat result in the Tooting Parliamentary by-election held on 16 June. Perhaps thankfully so given that even though the party lost its deposit in May 2015, in the by-election the Lib Dem vote share fell yet further: down 1.4% to 2.6%. … Read the full post »
The London County Court has rejected the Labour Party’s appeal against being fined for failing to keep to election law. … Read the full post »
Immediate political punditry in the aftermath of traumatic events tends to age about as well as a four week old banana left on a beach in the south of France. … Read the full post »
As the Electoral Commission reports, the size of the electoral register has reached a new record high. … Read the full post »