In the General Election, a post-polling analysis of 35,000 voters found the Conservative vote was only 8%, whereas 9.5% of young voters supported Reform and almost 18% voted Green. This is remarkable, not because of the young voting Reform or Green. The popularity of right-wing insurgent movements has been seen all...
Looking at the national picture following the General Election, we were keen to understand what the St Albans and Harpenden candidates make of the current state of British politics, and what they think will happen to the Conservative Party in the wake of its devastating defeat. St Albans Tory candidate James...
Is it time for the UK to change the way people vote in General Elections? Under the existing First Past the Post system, the candidate with the largest number of votes in a constituency is elected as MP. This means that even if millions of voters support the same party across the...
The ballot papers have been stored away, the Champagne bottles and campaign posters are in the recycling and sleep-deprived supporters, volunteers, council officers, journalists and candidates are starting to feel normal again after a weekend spent recovering from the overnight count. So what now? With Daisy Cooper and Victoria Collins having...
“I think there's a real sense of hope that things can change, but I also know that newly elected MPs need to work hard to regain public trust in politics.” In the early hours of Friday morning, Victoria Collins became the first MP for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted,...
Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper has won a landslide victory to remain as the MP for St Albans. The full results were: Sophia Adams Bhatti (Labour) 5,189Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrats) 29,222 John Leroy Dowdle (Reform) 4,336 Simon Grover (Green Party) 3,272 Dafydd Morriss (Heritage Party) 104 Stewart Satterly (Social Democratic Party) 103 James Spencer (Conservative Party) 9,388 The...
Liberal Democrat candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted Victoria Collins has been elected as the new constituency's first MP. The results were: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrats) 27,282 Paul De Hoest (Green Party) 1,951 Nigel Gardner (Conservative Party) 16,574 Zara Layne (Labour) 4,061 Mark Patten (Social Democratic Party) 223 Saba Poursaeedi (Reform UK) 4,245 The election turnout was 75.49%. ...
Pounding the streets, knocking on doors and engaging with the voting public is an essential part of most candidates’ election campaign… From the moment Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the date of the General Election, political parties of all persuasion have been actively targeting constituents in a bid to sway their...
Following on from the Harpenden hustings, and with tongue still planted firmly in cheek, we’re back to see what happened at the St Albans Cathedral event...
As the battle for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted enters its final days, political campaigning has escalated into personal attacks on candidates in a bid to secure victory. Nobody thought the seat was going to become a warzone, but in the weeks since the General Election was announced things...
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