Conservatives raised barely more than Lib Dems, Reform
The Conservative weekly declarable donations total for the 2024 election was barely more than that for Reform or the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
Read about what the regulator for elections and political finance in the UK, the Electoral Commission, has got up to. It was created in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA).
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The Conservative weekly declarable donations total for the 2024 election was barely more than that for Reform or the Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
Both an impressive performance by the Lib Dem fundraisers and also a sign of how poorly the Conservative campaign is doing. … Read the full post »
The official timetable for a UK Parliamentary general election on 4 July 2024, from the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
Large volumes of electoral register data held by the Electoral Commission have been illegally accessed. What are the consequences? … Read the full post »
It is 46 days since Nadine Dorries tweeted that she would stand down as an MP with “immediate” effect. She hasn’t yet and her constituents aren’t happy about it. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission is kicking off its publicity campaign to warn people about the new voter ID laws coming into force for the May elections. … Read the full post »
The government looks set to cut the number of nomination signatures councilcandidates need in England from 10 to 2. … Read the full post »
Interesting and useful data from the Electoral Commission in their report on the 2022 local elections. … Read the full post »
As I’d predicted, the early voting pilot in this May’s elections in Wales has turned out to be a bit of a dud. … Read the full post »
The bad news keeps on coming for Boris Johnson with the Electoral Commission handing out a fine for law-breaking over the infamous Downing Street flat refurbishment. … Read the full post »