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Welcome to Lib Dem Newswire #212, which expands on why the Liberal Democrats should aim to be the largest party in local ...

Five principal authority council by-elections this week, including Labour's first gains of the Andy Burnham era.

Plans to merge Portsmouth with Fareham, Gosport and Havant councils have prompted a Labour councillor to defect to the Liberal Democrats … Cllr Rajah Ghosh, who represents Charles Dickens ward on ...

Hannah Kitching is a former NHS physiotherapist who has been Mayor of Penistone and Leader of the Opposition on Barnsley Council. She was appointed to the House of Lords in 2026.

Dave McCobb was the Liberal Democrat Director of Campaigns for the party’s breakthrough 2024 general election campaign. He has also been a councillor in Hull and was appointed to the House of Lords in ...

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 ...

Given how popular (and lengthy!) my list of Reform councillor departures after the May 2025 elections turned out to be, here is a new list, this time for councillors elected under the Reform banner on ...

Earlier in the week I appeared on The Spectator ‘s podcast, Coffee House Shots, alongside Lib Dem MP Al Pinkerton and discussing the party’s prospects and ambitions in the local elections. Somehow we ...

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts features the authors of a great new book, Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain. Sara Hobolt and James Tilley discuss how the Brexit referendum ...

Following the highly successful Lib Dem conference, the party’s new team of spokespeople in the House of Commons has been announced: I'm delighted to announce my new frontbench. This team will ...