Lewis Baston on Labour’s Barnet by-election hold

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...

Lewis Baston: Ilford Independent inflicts heavy defeat on Labour

Labour crashed to defeat within the newest London borough by-election, which befell in Redbridge Council’s Mayfield ward on Thursday. After a couple of weeks when the anti-Labour tide gave the impression to be ebbing within the capital, the size of the loss – vote share down practically 45 proportion factors...

Lewis Baston: In which ways is London’s political landscape changing? – OnLondon

Final 12 months, 2024, was an enormous deal for elections in London – the Mayor and Meeting in Could and the Basic Election in July. However there was additionally a gentle stream of by-elections for seats on London borough councils, which gave us a steady though not all the time...