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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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: ...

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: ...

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 Guardian brings news of trouble for Reform’s candidate selections in Scotland, including the suspension of Stuart Niven: Reform UK has suspended one of its Scottish candidates after it emerged he ...