Lib Dems hold council by-election in Somerton and Frome
Three principal authority by-elections this week, all on Maundy Thursday. Old electoral hands will remember when this used to be a day excluded from election timetables… … Read the full post »
Sarah Dyke
Read my posts featuring Sarah Dyke, who beat the head of the Conservative Party’s anti-Lib Dem unit to win a council seat and then won the Somerton and Frome by-election with a 29% swing.
The long-term Lib Dem plan (LDN #181)
Liberal Democrat Newswire #181 includes stories on the long-term Lib Dem plan, the role of TikTok in our politics and a bizarre Conservative solution to sewage dumping. … Read the full post »
Turning our policies into practical action (LDN #178)
Liberal Democrat Newswire #178 came out last week, including news on Lib Dem councils building houses, a new move to ban conversion therapy and how party support varies by supermarket. … Read the full post »
Sarah Dyke to stand for Glastonbury and Somerton
Parliamentary by-election winner Sarah Dyke sees he seat of Somerton and Frome undergo major boundary changes for the next election. … Read the full post »
Sarah Dyke gives her maiden speech in Parliament
When Sarah Dyke won her by-election, Parliament was not sitting. So it was yesterday that she was able to give her maiden speech in Parliament. … Read the full post »
Ed Davey closes Lib Dem conference with call for 2 month cancer treatment guarantee
Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth closed with the traditional trio of party awards, an appeal and then the keynote speech from the party leader. Among the many brilliant winners I had the pleasure of giving awards out to was one of our London Assembly members, Caroline Pidgeon: Then it was time for a Christmas-themed (!) … Read the full post »
Two unexpected things (LDN #176)
Liberal Democrat Newswire #176 takes a look at how unusual this Parliament has been along with all the latest Lib Dem news. … Read the full post »
“The Liberal Democrats have been making the spectacular seem routine”
So wrote John Curtice after the latest record-breaking Parliamentary by-election by the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Sarah Dyke wins Somerton and Frome with 29% swing
Three Parliamentary by-elections to go with three principal authority local by-elections this week, and the big news for the Lib Dems was pretty obvious from just after the polls closed. … Read the full post »
Fourth Parliamentary by-election in Conservative seat as MP says he’s quitting
David Warburton has announced he is standing down, triggering another Parliamentary by-election. … Read the full post »