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A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts sees me discuss with Steve Akehurst what has happened to Labour's July 2024 vote.

Just a few weeks after being elected in a by-election for Reform UK, Owain Clatworthy contacted the Labour Party about joining them.

Matt Bunday, councillor for Swaythling ward and who was secretary of the Labour Party group on Southampton Council, has joined the Lib Dems.

New data is out from the annual British Social Attitudes survey: Support for electoral reform has reached a new high – A record 60% are in favour of changing the electoral system ‘to allow smaller ...

Here is a curio. Michael Ramage was elected in May as a councillor in County Durham as one of the Reform UK candidates. In other words, he is not a member of the official Reform group on the council ...

Congratulations to the following Liberal Democrats spotted in the 2025 King’s Birthday honours: Mike Cox, Lib Dem councilor and chair of our federal finance committee (FFRC) – CBE “for Political and ...

Reform UK has shed yet another councillor after John Bailey, elected for Easington and Shotton ward on County Durham in May, quit.

Jonathan Parry's book, Liberalism, explores the history of liberalism as a political idea in Britain. He came on my podcast to discuss it.

Councillor Emma Sims (Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham ward, Wychavon Council) has left the Conservatives and joined the Lib Dems.

The Liberal Democrats have selected Neil Alexander for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Inverness and Nairn.