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Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?

Chris Jarvis
19 December, 2025 (3 days ago)

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

Latest Posts

McDonnell says no way out of Brexit under Labour – but party sources say door is still open

Josiah Mortimer
24 September, 2018

“The leadership can say what they want but the membership is clear – Brexit is a disaster,” a Labour source tells this site.

Revealed: New figures strike blow to Tories’ austerity project

Josiah Mortimer
21 September, 2018

This won’t make pleasant reading for the Chancellor…

Social housing

Why the PM’s social housing pledges are too little and too late

Kevin Gulliver
21 September, 2018

Technocratic tinkering won’t solve the housing crisis.

Open selections? There’s another democratic debate Labour members want to have

Josiah Mortimer
21 September, 2018

Calls are growing for Labour to look beyond its own structures and work out how to democratise the country as a whole.

If Jeff Bezos is serious about social responsibility, he’ll make Amazon cough up

Prem Sikka
20 September, 2018

While the Amazon boss’s hefty donation is welcome, the company has been a factor in the social problems that Bezos is now trying to address.

INTERVIEW: Green co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry on ‘vapid centrism’, Brexit, and why the climate crisis should be front page news

Josiah Mortimer
20 September, 2018

“From air pollution to plastics and a four day week – where Greens lead, others follow” – Left Foot Forward speaks to the new Green Party co-leader team.

Why a General Election is no alternative to a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal

Bashir Ibrahim
20 September, 2018

In an interview with LFF this week, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell refused to fully endorse a public vote on the terms of Brexit: “I want a General Election, I don’t want to let these Tories off the hook.” Bashir Ibrahim responds.

Caroline Lucas: Don’t believe the doubters – here’s why a People’s Vote is perfectly possible

Caroline Lucas
20 September, 2018

A new report by one of the architects of Article 50 sets out in clear, practical terms how a People’s Vote is achievable in the time-frame available to us.

EXCLUSIVE: Green Party conference set to vote on IHRA definition of antisemitism

Josiah Mortimer
19 September, 2018

One motion proposes adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism – while another urges the party to reject it entirely.

Forget Blair and Adonis – here’s how the left will win a fresh Brexit vote

Luke Myer
19 September, 2018

Minds aren’t being changed by the same old prominent moderate faces – it’s the energetic, irreverent, cross-spectrum youth campaigns which will win a new vote.

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