– indicates that party didn’t feature in the polling questions separate from ‘Others’ or that the data is not yet available. Numbers in brackets show change since the previous comparable poll (i.e. by ...

"Innocent Bystanders or the Forgotten Actors? The Role of Parties and Candidates in Building Electoral Campaign Momentum" ...

Lib Dems take Shirley Ward in Southampton off Labour from third place in dramatic council by-election victory.

The net figure is given for each leader, i.e. their positive score minus their negative score. * indicates slightly different fieldwork dates from the others in that row. The net figure may appear to ...

Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, broken down by where those gains/losses have come from. Each cell shows the net gains/losses, followed by in brackets the total number of gains ...

Here’s my coverage of all the local council by-election results in Britain, updated each week as the results come in. You can track the running tally of seats changing hands in my scorecard here. I ...

Four principal authority council by-elections this week and a full slate of Liberal Democrat candidates. That is particularly ...

New party member data from Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona throws light on how many party members do what.

Welcome to the 129th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which returns to the Conservative Party’s leadership contest and what the polls tell us about members and the public. Find out more by reading ...

First, how big a deadweight the legacy of their time in office is for the future prospects of the Conservative Party. There ...

A big bundle of principal authority council by-elections this week, split over two days with contests on both Tuesday and ...