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Given how marginal the new parliament is, Labour can’t afford not to increase its vote share at the next General Election.
The Liberal Democrats gather in Brighton this weekend for their first party conference following their remarkable election result which saw them climb from 11 seats to 72 seats. With this success down to a highly focused Blue Wall strategy – and with only 27 constituencies remaining where the Lib Dems are in second place – the party will need to confront the question of: what’s next and have the Lib Dems reached their ceiling?
This is the second part of a two-part series of blogs from John Denham using More in Common data. Part One, about how English identities were reflected in the General Election results is available here. Professor John Denham is the Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton. Formerly, he was the Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen and minister in the last Labour government for 10 years.
New focus group research from More in Common exploring the appeal of each of the Conservative leadership candidates
Over the last few months, we have looked into where we think our General Election polling went well, and the areas we need to improve if we want to continue to make our polling as accurate as possible.
This is Part One of a two-part series of blogs from John Denham using More in Common data. Part Two, about how English identities intersect with More in Common’s core values model will be published next week. Professor John Denham is the Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton. Formerly, he was the Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen and minister in the last Labour government for 10 years.
For almost two weeks, Britain has seen a sustained outbreak of disorder with riots blighting towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland. New research by More in Common explores whether the disorder reflects the unease of millions across the country as some have claimed, or the actions of a handful of thugs as others have suggested.
Polling by More in Common for E3G (the independent climate think tank) conducted after close of polls on Thursday finds that delivery on climate is emerging as a key test for Labour voters for the new government, and Sunak’s backtracking on climate deadlines seems to have have cost him votes to the Liberal Democrats and Labour.
More in Common’s UK Director, Luke Tryl, presents our final webinar of the 2024 General Election; the post-mortem.
More in Common’s Luke Tryl writes on the challenges facing Labour as Keir Starmer enters Downing Street.
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