Here's the latest tally of seats changing hands in principal authority council by-elections held since the last May round of ...

Desmond Clarke, elected for Newark West ward in Nottinghamshire for Reform UK, is now resigning from the council, forcing a by-election.

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts saw me team up with John Potter and the Lib Dem Pod team to discuss the local elections. How did they go for the Liberal Democrats and what lessons are ...

Before polling day, I covered the extreme and unpleasant views of Donna Edmunds, then a council candidate for Reform UK. She was elected on Thursday for Hodnet ward, Shropshire, but is now already an ...

Sadly, Mike Ross did not quite make it in the election for Mayor of Hull and East Riding. But full credit to him for his response to the election results: I have had some time to sleep on the results ...

Lots of results to come in the May 2025 local elections, but regardless of how they do one thing will be true: that a huge number of people deserve sincere thanks for the work they have put into the ...

On this day in 2022, the first edition of The Week in Polls appeared. My weekly guide to what you need to know about political polling was first a series of pilot blog posts, then an email newsletter ...

“I am delighted to welcome seven independent councillors who decided to join Slough Liberal Democrats,” said Cllr Frank O’Kelly, chair of Slough local party… “Slough Liberal Democrat councillor group ...

It has been a while since I last delved into favourite committee names, but this one has caught my eye: The role of the Administrative Burdens Advisory Board is, “to make a noticeable difference for ...