The polls have now closed in today's Tuesday council by-election in Pembrokeshire. Andrew's Previews is your guide at

It's by-election TUESDAY! - 1 poll today, a Lab defence in Pembreokshrie Featuring Welsh national dress, the X chromosome, rather a lot of ships, and one of the most crooked politicians of the 20th century... Andrew's Previews for for @britainelects.com tells all:

Paid subscribers to Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com will now have received the Preview for tomorrow's Pembrokeshire by-election. We cover Welsh national dress, the X chromosome, rather a lot of ships, and some politics as well...

I once had to tell the Green Elects Medium account off in public for blatantly copying all the sections of the Previews which had Green Party candidates and passing it off as their own work. It would appear that the Party have not learned their lesson.

As many quizzers know, luge is the only Olympic sport which is officially timed to the thousandth of a second.

If the agent can demonstrate that this breach wasn't their fault and they took all available steps to prevent it, etc, then they can apply for relief. This isn't a get out of jail *free* card, though, because relief has to be granted by the High Court and the legal costs will be very expensive.

I do like an opening ceremony. Well done Milan and Cortina!

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ok there's prior work on this

Last night's election results: City of London, Coleman St: Saluja elected N Somerset, Clevedon S: Lab hold Anglesey, Ynys Gybi: RUK gain from PC Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

The polls are now closed in today's 3 polls in Anglesey, N Somerset and the City of London. Be ready for the hot takes and get all the context you need by reading Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com:

It's by-election Thursday! 3 polls today: an Aldermanic election in the City of London, a Lab defence in N Somerset and a PC defence in Anglesey All the important facts, and some more context, can be found as usual in Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com:

Tomorrow's edition of Andrew's Previews, covering polls in the City of London, North Somerset and Anglesey, is now available to paid subscribers:

Sometimes I need to remember that Americans don't do irony.

As noted last night, my simulation of yesterday's result in Bearsden South as a 3-seat ordinary election gives LD 2 SNP 1 - 1 LD gain from C compared with 2022.

Reading contemporary accounts it’s amazing how violent Victorian elections were. In 1880 there was a riot in Kendal when the police baton-charged an unruly crowd several times but the crowd got bigger and the police had to withdraw to the Town Hall…

I know I'm biased, but I honestly can't see the point of reading anything else but @robfordmancs.bsky.social's deep dive on the Gorton and Denton contest. Tells you all you need to know.

If these votes had been cast in a 3-seat ordinary election, the Lib Dems would have won two seats (gaining one from C) and the SNP one.

Bearsden South (East Dunbartonshire) by-election first preferences: Lib Dem: 1744 (38.1%, +14.9) SNP: 789 (17.2%, -6.2) Reform UK: 709 (15.5%, new) Labour: 650 (14.2%, -1.9) Green: 371 (8.1%, +0.9) Conservative: 283 (6.2%, -17) Family: 35 (0.8%, new) Lib Dem elected stage 5.

Block this AI-generated shit. And when you've finished blocking it, block it again. This is unworthy of your timeline.

The polls have now closed and counting is about to get underway in the last by-election of January 2026, in the northern Glasgow suburb of Bearsden. Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com is your guide to the unbelievable story behind this poll: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

Just one local by-election today, a C defence in E Dunbartonshire, but Andrew’s Previews for @britainelects.com still has all the great stories you expect. Including a look inside the Councillors Behaving Badly file... andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

Unbelievable but true stories are always a highlight of Andrew's Previews, and although there's only ward up tomorrow we have plenty of those to bring you. Paid subscribers can read all about Bearsden South now: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

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Also cannot be emphasised often enough that the seats up in England this May were last up in 2022, when Reform barely registered in polls an only put up a handful of candidates. The reform shockwave still to come in these seats - indeed it will be working its way through local govt fo several yrs.

We are about to get our third Freebridge Lynn by-election of the current Norfolk CC term, after independent county councillor Simon Ring resigned in protest at the cancellation of the 2026 Norfolk elections. Ring won his seat in a Sept 2024 by-election. www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/74...

An unbelievable story from the Councillors Behaving Badly File will be coming up in this week's Andrew's Previews. Subscribe now at andrewteale.me.uk/previews : paid subscribers will get the piece on Weds, everybody else on Thursday

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Yesterday's Fife council by-election in Glenrothes West and Kinglassie ward. On the left, the result of the single-seat by-election; on the right, my simulation of the result as a 3-seat ordinary election.

Some background material for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton piece

This week's by-election results TUESDAY Amber Valley, Codnor/Langley Mill/Aldercar: RUK gain from Lab Derbys CC, Horsley: Grn gain from RUK 1/2

Five local by-elections are counting tonight in the busiest electoral night of the month. All you need to know can be found in Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com, as per usual... andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

It's by-election Thursday! 5 polls today, defences 2 C Grn Lab and SNP A wide spread of areas up for today means there is something for everyone to enjoy in today's Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com ... andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

Don't wait up for the by-election results tonight, Amber Valley will start counting at 1000 tomorrow. So you have plenty of time to get your Previews fix before then:

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It's by-election TUESDAY! 2 polls are taking place today: a RUK defence on Derbyshire CC, and a Lab defence elsewhere in Amber Valley district All the salient points you need to know can be found in Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

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"The Applicant, who asserts with some force that he is not dead, claims that the registration of the Third Proprietor was a mistake because it was the result of a fraud and seeks rectification of that mistake" caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukftt/pc/202...

Very much looking forward to the TdF coming to Belmont.

The Russians are also sending a single military officer. Uh-oh

The replies to this do not disappoint

Okay as the original publisher is long since gone, here is a version of the (award winning at the time!) thing I wrote on the Pristina Airport incident back in the day. Note Putin's role. Also worth it for this bit of sassiness by the Romanian Foreign Minister. authory.com/JohnBull/Pri...

Following these results, the Liberal Democrats have lost their overall majority on Gosport council.

The Nobel committee might be well advised to No Award the Peace Prize for the next few years.

Last night's by-election results: Gosport, Bridgemary: RUK gain from LD York, Heworth: Lab hold Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Counting is underway in the first two by-elections of the year, in Gosport and York. Andrew's Previews as ever has the lowdown: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Happy Meldrew Point Day, David Lammy! Today you have reached 19,537 days old and have hit your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!

It's by-election Thursday! - 2 polls today, defences 1 Lab 1 LD If you like explosives and/or chocolate, or fancy a tour of some unheralded parts of England, then this week's edition of Andrew's Previews is for you:

Tomorrow's edition of Andrew's Previews, covering local by-elections in Gosport and York, is now out for paid subscribers: