Local campaigner Jackie Pearcey has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Gorton and Denton in the upcoming by-election.

Liberal Democrats gain seat from the Conservatives in a council by-election for Bearsden South ward, East Dunbartonshire ...

Exciting news! Next month I’m launching Political Fictions, a new podcast with Cory Hazlehurst, from the Not Enough Champagne podcast. It’s all about TV, film and books featuring politics: Join Cory ...

Join Cory Hazlehurst and Mark Pack on Political Fictions as they digest some of the best – and worst – depictions of politics in fiction. … Read the full post » ...

Spotted in Camden ahead of the borough's local elections this May was this gem of a bar chart from Camden Conservatives.

A pair of Tuesday principal authority council by-elections in Derbyshire kicked off the elections this week. Both had a Liberal Democrat candidate, one up on the last time these wards were up. First ...

Professor Paul Webb has done extensive research into representative democracy, particularly party and electoral politics.

Podcast with Paul Webb about the report "Britain's Party Members" which has new data on who joins political parties and what ...

Two principal authority council by-elections this week to kick off the year and get us started with the January contests.

No principal authority council by-elections this week, but ten coming up over the rest of this month. Across those ten, there is a welcome full slate of ten Lib Dems, up from the six Lib Dems the last ...