I am absolutely delighted that Julia, Hannah, Tim, Dave and Mark will be joining our brilliant Liberal Democrat team in the House of Lords. Each of them has the right skills, experience and values to ...

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 ...

* indicates a figure with slightly different fieldwork dates from the rest of the row. Wording used – BMG: satisfied/dissatisfied, Deltapoll: well/badly, Find Out Now: well/badly, Focaldata: ...

The latest edition of my email newsletter about work in Parliament, A Lord’s Eye View, is out and you can also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as ...

Here is the Liberal Democrat response to Nigel Farage’s announcement that he is going to resign and force a by-election in which he will stand again: Davey: We are calling on all parties to stand ...

Congratulations to new councillor Terry Weldon and the team in the first of a pair of by-elections int he same patch. Haslemere West (Waverley) Council By-Election Result:🔶 LDM: 58.6% (-5.6)🌍 GRN: ...

A party press release brings the news: West Worcestershire Liberal Democrat members have re-selected local councillor Dan Boatright-Greene as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next ...

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 ...

The sample size on this poll in 518, which falls to an unweighted total of 407 for the headline voting intention. That’s large enough for the significant risks involved in this by-election poll being ...