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General elections

January 2025

  • British leader of the Liberal Democrats party Ed Davey attends a general election campaign event, in Cotswolds<br>British leader of the Liberal Democrats party Ed Davey reacts as he rides a towable inflatable during a visit to Lakeside Ski &amp; Wake, in Cotswolds, Britain, July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

    Lib Dem report says leftwing alliance not needed because of tactical voting

    Exclusive: Study of 2024 election says party’s refusal to make formal deals with others was vindicated in ballot
  • A vote being cast in the 2024 general election

    Political turn-offs that result in low voter turnouts

    Letters: Readers react to warnings that renters, students and other groups appear to be shunning the ballot box

    • Automatic voter registration may be an answer to UK’s troubling turnout gap

    • Turnout inequality in UK elections close to tipping point, report warns

    • 2024: what happened next?
      ‘Bizarrely, I enjoyed bungee jumping!’ How Ed Davey became the Tom Cruise of British politics

December 2024

  • Left to right: Nicky Candy, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage stand for a photo in front of a painting of Donald Trump

    Could $100m of Elon Musk’s money sway a general election for Reform UK?

    Spending such a seemingly game-changing sum would face several hurdles and could even hinder the party’s chances
  • Sterling cash

    Time to clean up political donations in Britain

    Letter: David Kauders proposes a system to ensure donors can’t buy influence at the expense of the majority
  • Keir Starmer smiling while meeting staff

    Labour’s big majority is fragile and it has weak mandate for change, says report

    Exclusive: Election strategy of ‘not being the Tories’ is a timebomb, says Labour-linked thinktank Compass

November 2024

  • Marina Hyde

    Elon Musk and a mass petition want a new UK election. Shall we do that – or just stick to democracy?

    Marina Hyde
    I know many are aggrieved with Starmer and co, but scrapping a government for Elon and a Shropshire publican seems like a stretch, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
  • Sonia Sodha

    Voters must learn to accept that Britain’s challenges are too big to solve straight away

    Sonia Sodha
    Labour has got off to a shaky start in government. It’s time it told the truth about the state we’re in
  • Former prime minister Rishi Sunak making a speech in the rain outside 10 Downing Street

    Rishi Sunak’s top aides advised against early election, memo reveals

    Isaac Levido and Michael Brooks warned ex-PM on 3 April voters ‘less likely to feel financially optimistic’

September 2024

  • Keir Starmer stands in a room holding a mug and speaking while young people look towards him

    Focus on NHS and cost of living or lose former Tory voters, Labour told

  • Sign reading Have you got your ID? next to hand holding British passport and polling card.

    Britons should be able to use wider range of ID to vote, says watchdog

August 2024

  • Andy Street West Midlands Mayor on a bus

    ‘Obsession’ with Reform UK could leave Tories out of power for 20 years, warns Andy Street

    Former West Midlands mayor on why his party was defeated, what they can do about it, and his next steps
  • Rishi Sunak and Craig Williams stand beside each other

    Political figures who bet on election date will not face police charges, Met says

    Gambling Commission still looking into possible offences under Gambling Act, including by seven Met officers
  • Person putting on a Vote Green sticker

    Green party’s ‘progressive politics’ leaves members out in the cold

    Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Neal Lawson on the party’s decision to expel activists who united to oust Jeremy Hunt

July 2024

  • Rishi Sunak And Keir Starmer Face Off In BBC Prime Ministerial Debate<br>NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: (EDITORS NOTE: This handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy) (NOTE TO EDITORS: Not for use more than 21 days after issue. You may use this picture without charge only for the purpose of publicising or reporting on current BBC programming, personnel or other BBC output or activity within 21 days of issue. Any use after that time MUST be cleared through BBC Picture Publicity. Please credit the image to the BBC and any named photographer or independent programme maker, as described in the caption.) In this handout photo provided by the BBC, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (L) and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) debate on stage during the BBC election TV debate at Nottingham Trent University on June 26, 2024 in Nottingham, England. BBC newsreader and journalist Mishal Husain chaired the Head-to-head between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Leader Keir Starmer in front of the studio audience in Nottingham. (Photo by Jeff Overs/BBC via Getty Images)

    Misinformation has stained recent elections. The government must act

  • Yvette Cooper out on an urban street with a police woman on one side of her and a police man on the other

    ‘Constant abuse’: three UK candidates on their election 2024 experience

  • Jess Phillips, holding Labour campaign leaflets, walking down a residential street

    Ministers urged to act over physical and online intimidation in UK election

  • Green party town councillor Clare Weightman and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Paul Follows chat outside Godalming town council

    Greens expel Surrey members who allegedly backed tactical voting against Jeremy Hunt

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