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Ed Davey welcomes record number of Lib Dem MPs to Westminster HQ: 'The bungee jump really was worth it'

The Lib Dems gained 61 new seats in a record-breaking general election for the party

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2024

Rise of smaller parties: key takeaways from voting patterns in UK election

Analysis of data from the 4 July ballot tells other stories beyond Labour landslide and Conservative collapse

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems

Polluted chalk streams in England’s South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a century

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

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Lib Dems to push for cross-party talks on tackling social care

Exclusive: party to use biggest-ever cohort of MPs to get ‘essential decisions’ made on issue that ‘cut-through’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

‘A toddler could do better’: how Lib Dems won over Tory stronghold of Henley

The Oxfordshire town – the former seat of Michael Heseltine and Boris Johnson – has been a Tory seat from 1906 until now

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

The 2024 general election in numbers: From historic results to huge vote swings

The Independent’s data correspondent looks at last night’s shock figures, from the closest seats to the biggest swings

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

The 2024 election results are among the most bizarre in British history – and the future could be stranger still

From Labour’s low share of the vote to divisions on the right, this was a night that redrew the electoral map, says political analyst Lewis Baston

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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‘We’re not all Labour but everyone was jubilant’: UK voters on the election result

People in England, Scotland and Wales give their verdicts on the transformation of the UK’s political landscape

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Hop, skip, jump and enchant the electorate – the Ed Davey doctrine was a stroke of genius

The Lib Dems gained a record number of seats. That’s thanks to their leader’s fusing of policy with eye-catching, daring stunts, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Labour wins big but the UK’s electoral system is creaking

Voters turned away from a deeply unpopular party but the true story of this election is more complex

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Ed Davey's Lib Dems topple four Cabinet ministers as they win record number of seats

Lib Dems defeat Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Science Secretary Michelle Donelan and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

Friday briefing: A long night – and a new prime minister

In today’s newsletter: What you need to know about an extraordinary set of election results that will see Keir Starmer enter No 10

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Starmer vows to deliver after landslide victory as Farage hands Labour power

Labour leader promises national renewal after Rishi Sunak concedes defeat following dismal night for the Tories

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

The 2024 election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats?

Defeats of Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps and Liz Truss among the jaw-dropping moments of election night

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

Lib Dems oust four cabinet ministers as they win record number of seats

With all but a handful of results declared, party’s tally stands at 71, beating its previous record of 62 in 2005

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

Labour landslide as Tories on course for historic defeat – and Reform surge: your guide to the night ahead

In today’s newsletter: As the exit poll lands, here’s how election night will play out hour by hour

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2024

Who is Ed Davey? Life-saving Lib Dem leader with a tragic past and disabled son

Ed Davey has won record seats for the Lib Dems at the general election. To do so, he’s done some eye-catching stunts during the campaign, but his life story is even more arresting

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

‘This ain’t a culture war’: the UK women who feel politically homeless

Many are frustrated at failures to tackle inequality, the climate and Labour’s struggle to define a woman

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Tuesday briefing: How undecided voters could shape the UK general election

In today’s newsletter: 12% of the electorate are believed to be undecided about how to vote, and they might change the demographic of voters. Could the polls be wrong?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Ed Davey uses bungee jump to hail ‘once-in-a-century election’

Lib Dem leader says public’s dislike of Tories and tactical voting offer chance to change UK’s political geography

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

Inside the betting scandal-hit constituencies where Tories and Labour have withdrawn support for candidates

The Tories and Labour both withdrew support for candidates being investigated by the Gambling Commission – The Independent speaks to local party supporters who had been campaigning for them, and to voters

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Lib Dems step up frantic tactical voting effort to oust Conservatives in blue wall

Ed Davey’s party surprised by lack of Tories’ attention on them as they target Labour supporters to lend their vote

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024

Pollster warns only one election question to be answered: ‘How big is the Tory loss?’

Exclusive: With seven days to go before the election the Techne UK tracker poll shows Sunak ‘cannot save the Tories’ from defeat

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Lib Dems are on the march — but what do they stand for?

It isn’t easy being a Liberal Democrat. For decades the third wheel in British politics, the party was relegated to fourth place following its disastrous 2015 election result and the simultaneous rise of the Scottish National Party. But under Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dems are enjoying something of a…

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

'Tear down the Blue Wall,' Ed Davey urges London and commuter belt voters

Liberal Democrat leader tells Standard he is aiming for a ‘game, set and match’ triple win in south-west London

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