More than a hundred seats across the UK could be ripe for tactical voting at the general election, according to a new analysis by The Independent. Based on a major poll from YouGov, published on ...

In their more optimistic moments, Keir Starmer’s advisers think that the split on the right will give them at least two terms in government. The Conservatives are ruined and will need longer than four ...

Reform’s candidate in Gorton, former academic Matt Goodwin, has predicted that Starmer will be forced to stand down if Labour loses the by-election on 26 February.

'Stop Farage becoming PM!': Huge number of Londoners to vote tactically against Reform, polling reveals - The YouGov survey also cast doubts on whether Reform UK can win a Commons majority at the next ...

In France and England, parties worked to limit voters’ choices to avoid splitting votes. By Amanda Taub and Lauren Leatherby France and Britain held elections last week, and the big winner turned out ...

Voters deliberately choose not to vote for their first-choice candidate, usually because their favourite has little chance of winning. They might opt for their second choice if they think it will stop ...

If an election were held tomorrow, our prediction model is sure that the Tories would lose. But it may still be being too kind, since it does not explicitly consider the potential for a jump in ...