Read about the 2011 local elections, held on Thursday 5 May. On the same day there were also elections to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved bodies, as well as a referendum on using the alternative vote for the House of Commons and a Parliamentary by-election in Leicester South.
Despite the relatively low level of allegations, 36% of people believe electoral fraud is a ‘very big’ or ‘fairly big’ problem. These people, however, were more likely to have seen stories in the media about fraud… … Read the full post »
The Cotswolds were the scene for some of the best Liberal Democrat and worst Conservative local election results in May, with the Tories losing 10 seats. … Read the full post »
The Saturday morning of Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham sees a consultative session on the May 2011 elections and the AV (alternative vote) referendum. … Read the full post »
Nick Thornsby regularly posts here on Lib Dem Voice highlighting pieces elsewhere but there’s one post of his own which fully deserves a similar plug. … Read the full post »
The story of May’s election results is not one that can simply be told with numbers. … Read the full post »
During the week, I’ve done a series of posts about the poor Liberal Democrat election results, which were leavened by only a few bright spots. … Read the full post »
There was a highly symbolic moment late in the Yes campaign when its final TV broadcast was made. … Read the full post »
If Liberal Democrats simply ape the language of others, it will sound like the party is just aping their actions too rather than promoting its own beliefs. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat councillor base matters because it is the heart of the party’s fabled grassroots campaigning machine. … Read the full post »
There are many things political parties and campaigners can learn from the grassroots and online efforts of both sides in the AV referendum, but the most important is a reminder of the limitations of both. … Read the full post »