The first by-election of 2010 has resulted in a Liberal Democrat gain from the Conservatives in Harrogate. The result: Liberal Democrat Greta Knight: 688 Conservatives: 246 BNP: 92 Labour: 73 The by-election was caused by the death of the previous councillor – who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but subsequently defected to the Conservative Party. Congratulations to Councillor Knight ...

Out with a little less fanfare than usual this week have been various categories in the Total Politics Blogger League Tables, including the top Liberal Democrat blogs: 1 Lib Dem Voice 2 Caron’s Musings 3 Liberal England 4 Andrew Reeves’ Running Blog 5 Stephen’s Liberal Journal 6 Mark Pack =7 Liberal Vision =7 A Scottish

Talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over a power-sharing government deal have continued amid signs of tension within both parties.

Support for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats has fallen significantly in a poll which puts the Conservatives in sight of victory in Thursday's general election.

The Liberal Democrats' surge in the opinion polls has provided an opportunity for the Conservatives to target Labour seats which they had previously all but given up on, Tory insiders have said.

Figures released by the Electoral Commission this week reveal that while the Conservative Party outspent all the other parties put together in General Election 2010, it was the Liberal Democrats who got the best value for money. The Liberal Democrats spent 70p for each vote gained; the Labour Party, 93p and the Conservatives, £1.54. From

The silly season is almost over and those of us involved in politics are now looking forward to the party conference season. This year's conferences will be the last before a general election. Although the main fights across the country will be between Labour and the Conservatives, there is an interesting fight going on in Hull between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. There are three parliam...

One of the first publications from Iain Dale’s new Biteback publishing imprint dedicated to political books, The Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election (Eds, Greg Callus and Iain Dale) weighs in at just under 300 pages divided into two (unequal) sections: the first is a series of 14 articles examining different aspects of

Much delight was shared by local Liberal Democrat campaigners at Howard Keal’s performance at the delayed election in Thirsk and Malton constituency on Friday morning. This came after fighting a strong campaign without paid campaign staff and we enjoyed the success of a positive swing towards the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives and an increase

The Liberal Democrats last night won in Drypool, gaining a seat from the Conservatives (or rather regaining it, as the retiring Conservative councillor had originally been elected as a Liberal Democrat): Lib Dem candidate Linda Chambers polled 1,306 votes to secure the seat vacated by Conservative Andy Sloan who resigned before Christmas because of work commitments. Labour’s