London’s newest electoral contest, held on Thursday, was in Barnet, the place Labour – surprisingly efficiently, regardless of unpromising circumstances – defended a seat within the marginal ward of Whetstone, an space the place the social gathering had by no means gained earlier than 2022. Whetstone is a compact ward...
Three different London by-election winners, one underlying trend
There have been three London borough by-elections on Thursday – two in Hounslow and one in Barnet. The outcomes have been among the many extra fascinating in London these days. The usual by-election final result has tended to be a Labour maintain with a much-reduced vote share on a low...
Tory Westminster by-election gain may not mean Labour doom
Labour confronted a tricky by-election contest in Thursday within the Westminster Metropolis Council ward of Vincent Sq.. It was essentially the most precarious London seat Labour has needed to defend in a by-election within the borough since profitable management of it for the primary time in its historical past in...
Lewis Baston: Three London by-election holds for Labour
Following Tuesday’s contest in Alperton ward in Brent, there have been three extra London by-elections on the same old election day of Thursday. Two have been in Hammersmith & Fulham, one was in Barking & Dagenham and Labour have been defending in all of three. Let’s begin with the one...
Labour’s Barnet by-election win brings party limited joy
Thursday's outcome confirmed once more that Labour help is extra resilient within the capital than elsewhere, nevertheless it nonetheless suffered a lack of vote share London’s first election of 2025 befell in Barnet’s Burnt Oak ward on Thursday. Burnt Oak lies simply south of Edgware on the western border of...