Read about the Lewisham East Parliamentary by-election held on 4 June 2018.
It was caused by the resignation of Labour MP Heidi Alexander to take up a post with the Mayor of London.
Janet Daby won, holding the seat for Labour.
Complete with the trailed reference to an erotic spasm (not a plug for his recent novel but rather a reference to the pleasure some got from voting Leave), changed to “exotic” when delivered, Vince Cable gave his autumn conference speech – perhaps his last such as party leader – today. … Read the full post »
One Parliamentary by-election, one council by-election and one delayed council election (due to the death of a candidate) this week. … Read the full post »
Sources within the Liberal Democrats have told Business Insider they are on course for a “strong” second-place on Thursday in the Lewisham East Parliamentary by-election. … Read the full post »
Good thing my delivery round this morning for Lucy Salek in the Lewisham East by-election didn’t involve going straight ahead at this point… … Read the full post »
It was over to Lewisham this morning for some campaigning to help the excellent Lucy Salek in the Lewisham East Parliamentary by-election … Read the full post »
Just before I headed out campaigning in Lewisham East yesterday, I recorded this little message about why coming over to campaign with Lucy Salek and the local team is so important. … Read the full post »
“I am incredibly excited to have been selected as the Lib Dems candidate Lewisham East by-election. I can’t wait to get on the campaign trail in my home town!” – Lucy Salek … Read the full post »
A double dose of “by-election” campaigning today. First up with the Southwark team, where the brilliant Humaira Ali, William Houngbo and Damian O’Brien face a delayed election (yes, technically not a by-election, fellow election law enthusiasts) due to the sad death of a candidate during the scheduled election. … Read the full post »
Politics Home reports of Labour infighting, and complacency, over the selection of their candidate for the Lewisham East Parliamentary by-election. … Read the full post »
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 »