Elections
‘Ex-miners are voting Green’: Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands
‘Ex-miners are voting Green’: Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands
The Green Party made dozens of gains across the country – including in former industrial areas.
‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections
‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections
This year’s elections will see three times more candidates running as independents than in 2019. We found out why.
Why you really need to keep an eye on the Northern Ireland election
Why you really need to keep an eye on the Northern Ireland election
The forthcoming Assembly elections look like being a watershed moment in Northern Irish – and British – history, writes academic and author Feargal Cochrane.
MPs vote through ‘deeply depressing’ voter ID laws
MPs vote through ‘deeply depressing’ voter ID laws
Voter ID plans could stop a million people from voting, say MPs
Voter ID plans could stop a million people from voting, say MPs
Voter ID bill to be debated as report warns it could breach human rights
Voter ID bill to be debated as report warns it could breach human rights
Thousands back call for voter ID plans to be scrapped
Thousands back call for voter ID plans to be scrapped
Campaigners set to take government to court over EU citizens denied a vote
Campaigners set to take government to court over EU citizens denied a vote
Funding to encourage candidates with disabilities to run in elections returns
