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 ...

Continuing the party’s excellent run of by-election results in Camden (and more generally in North London), Linda Chung is the new councillor for Hampstead Town ward: Liberal Democrat 1,242 (44.1%, +11.5%) Conservative 1,114 (39.6%, -6.9%) Labour 289 (10.3%, -1.0%) Green 140 (5.0%, -3.3%) BNP 29 (1.0%, +1.0%) Majority: 128 (4.5%) Swing: 9.2% Conservative to Liberal Democrat Congratulations L...

Last nights by-election result - Another gain for Liberal Democrats in Camden, Linda Chung is now the new councillor for Hampstead Town ward: Liberal Democrat 1,242 (44.1%, +11.5%) Conservative 1,114 (39.6%, -6.9%) Labour 289 (10.3%, -1.0%) Green 140 (5.0%, -3.3%) BNP 29 (1.0%, +1.0%) Majority: 128 (4.5%) Swing: 9.2% Conservative to Liberal Democrat She is one of the founders and the current chair...

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.

First thoughts from ComRes on why the Liberal Democrat vote share last week, although up for the third general election in a row, was much lower than the polls had been predicting: We along with many others were surprised by the eventual Lib Dem figure; but that’s not the whole story….. our Conservative Party vote

The Guardian reports: The coalition faced its first rebellion last night when two Liberal Democrat MPs voted against a budget proposal to increase VAT to 20%. Bob Russell and Mike Hancock voted with Labour to oppose the increase, which has alarmed many Lib Dems who warned during the election of a Tory VAT “bombshell”. To

The Guardian: The coalition faced its first rebellion last night when two Liberal Democrat MPs voted against a budget proposal to increase VAT to 20%. Bob Russell and Mike Hancock voted with Labour to oppose the increase, which has alarmed many Lib Dems who warned during the election of a Tory VAT “bombshell”. To shouts of

The BPIX poll in tomorrow's Mail on Sunday is as follows: Conservative 45% Labour 26% Liberal Democrat 17% I know of one half-witted Home Counties Conservative who is already salivating over the Liberal Democrat figure but we can rapidly ignore his partisan ramblings. I'm no fan of BPIX and I don't think they have the same credibility in polling circles as ICM or YouGov. The Tory bl...

Tory immigration policy is "driven by uncharitable instincts" and the party's political allies in Europe are "an embarrassment", the Liberal Democrat Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne says.

All the warnings signs are there. The only big news on Conservativehome today is a 23pc increase in BNP support in a Manchester by election. Tim put this BNP leaflet on his Twitter feed earlier. The political establishment is out...