voting Articles

Is the notion that boosted turnout will turn Labour’s fortunes around simply outlandish? Richard Angell examines its chances 'We had a problem of mobilising people', said leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn – with little chance of getting on the ballot, let alone winning...

In recent years we have seen a run of political films, with high-end budgets – thankfully Suffragette is no different. Sat in the cinema, I was whisked back to 1912 London, with poor health, disease and inequality rife. Hollywood has a tendency to sex up British...

On 7 May, some odd things happened. Labour’s vote went up by 1.5 per cent - and they lost 26 seats. That’s a 10 per cent decrease. At the same time, the Conservatives’ share of the vote rose by less than one per cent, while their number of seats went up by eight per...

Ben Shimshon responds to Parmjit Dhanda's article, 2020 vision The 2015 general election is one of the least predictable in decades. One near-certainty, however, is that older generations will turn out at a higher rate than younger members of the electorate. And as...