It's by-election WEDNESDAY! - One poll today, a Labour defence in Thetford, Norfolk Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com has the lowdown:

Pamela Fisher - @leicsvcht.bsky.social - has written for the @ihr.bsky.social 'On History' blog about her recent community history project on the minute holiday resort of Nanpantan. A handful of farms, a pub, a crossroads, a leisure space for the working people of #Loughborough. #Skystorians

It's by-election WEDNESDAY! - One poll today, a Labour defence in Thetford, Norfolk Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com has the lowdown:

Research trip

Local Elections Archive Project: Derbyshire CC 2025 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1ksw

Local Elections Archive Project: Lancashire CC 2025 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kcx

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 18th September 2025 added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1ktt

@stuarthoughton.bsky.social just realised that ‘Sweardle’ is an anagram of ‘Lewd Arse’.

Last night's by-election results: Cardiff, Trowbridge: RUK gain from Lab Brighton/Hove, Queen's Pk: counting today Newham, Plaistow S: Newham Ind gain from Lab Warwick, Kenilworth Pk Hill: Grn hold Warwick, Leamington Clarendon: Lab hold Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Local Elections Archive Project: Leicestershire CC 2025 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kdp

The polls are about to close in today's by-elections. We are expecting four results tonight with Brighton to count in the morning. Andrew's Previews is, as ever, ready to assist you.

It's by-election Thursday! - 5 polls today, defences Lab 4 Grn 1 - We visit two spas - one genuine and one fake - Plus the latest news from the Election Court All this and more in Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com:

I had genuinely never heard of Gail's until the fuss over its effect in the 2024 election. Bolton doesn't have these things. I see there's a Gail's now in Prestwich, but when I lived there that building was NatWest Bank.

It's by-election Thursday! - 5 polls today, defences Lab 4 Grn 1 - We visit two spas - one genuine and one fake - Plus the latest news from the Election Court All this and more in Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com:

This week's edition of Andrew's Previews has been filed and will come out tomorrow as normal. But from 2nd October paying subscribers (£5pcm or £50pa) will get their weekly fix on Wednesdays while free subscribers have to wait, so do sign up if you want early access in future.

The Royal Mint - a business which literally has a licence to print money - has reported a loss for 2024-25.

If you want to hear me playing the LNOTP music, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Band will be doing all the old favourites on the evening of 27th September at All Saints Church, Hindley. We'd love to see you there.

If there are kids out there watching the Last Night of the Proms and wanting to be part of a performance like this, then that's what the organisers want. You might not make the Albert Hall - I haven't yet - but learning an instrument opens all sorts of doors for you in life.

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 11th September 2025 added - and it's all change www.andrewteale.me.uk/1ksl

5 parties on more than 12%, winner gains seat with under 30%. Results like this used to be rare, freak outliers. Now they are routine (there was a second just like this yesterday). Electoral chaos.

A date has been set for a by-election to replace a Reform councillor who resigned after allegations he 'used racial slurs to neighbours' - i.e. shouting the N-word at a black family repeatedly (the BBC don't mention that detail)

All change in last night's by-elections: Ches E, Wilmslow Lacey Grn: C gain from Res of Wilmslow Walsall, Pelsall: RUK gain from C W Suffolk, Newmarket E: RUK gain from Lab C Beds, Shefford: RUK gain from Lab Vale of Glamorgan, Illtyd: RUK gain from Lab 1/2

Six by-elections took place today, with Labour defending 3 seats, the Conservatives 2 and the Residents of Wilmslow 1. Your Andrew's Previews briefing for @britainelects.com is out at andrewteale.me.uk/previews

It's by-election Thursday! - 6 polls today, defences Lab 3 C 2 Localist 1 - A look back to the very first Andrew's Previews, and an announcement as to the column's future... The 15th Anniversary Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...

Today is the 15th anniversary of Andrew's Previews, which was first published as a post on a political web forum on 7th September 2010. It's been a fun ride ever since.

It's by-election Thursday! - Just one poll today, for a very safe Lib Dem ward in Luton - And we look into how UK law stops dead people from standing in elections... Your Andrew's Previews briefing for @britainelects.com:

"I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing. Roman cavalry cross the ceiling" ... for years I thought that Coldplay song was about a hallucination.

Like all the best politicians, the new Green Party leader Zack Polanski appeared in Andrew's Previews before he was famous. I simply gave him a namecheck - a reasonable call, given his result - and got feedback that maybe I should have dug deeper. Hey ho. andrewteale.me.uk/iqma

Now pay attention 007, this can break your arm

I've got a gro- **gunshot**

This update brought LEAP over 400,000 candidacies. Candidate number 400k was Kamal Hussain, the Lab candidate for Hatfield S. LEAP now has 400,260 candidacies in 85,438 ward.

Local Elections Archive Project: Hertfordshire CC 2025 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kax

Research trip

Local Elections Archive Project: Devon CC 2025 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1ktn

Local Elections Archive Project: Kent CC 2025 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kbp

Part of my day job is to look through other people's bank statements. I've seen far more explicit stuff than that used as transaction references.

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 28th August 2025 added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1krd

I can't help wondering what Carby's qualification to be Croydon mayor would have been. You have to live, work or own property in the borough to stand. And be alive, obviously.

Last night's by-election results: Broxtowe, Nuthall East and Strelley: C hold Camden, W Hampstead: LD gain from Lab (previous cllr had defected to C) Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Local Elections Archive Project: Ashford 2023 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1hv9

For some reason this week's by-elections provoked a letter to come into my inbox from Mrs Trellis of North Wales. Andrew's Previews would like to apologise to any viewers from Camden for the views expressed here. This column's words are of course at andrewteale.me.uk/previews

It's by-election Thursday! - 2 polls today, with 1 Labour defence and the other ... well, it's complicated - Featuring the councillor who resigned following a row over a parcel - And, unexpectedly, Mornington Crescent... Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com:

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 21st August 2025 added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1krw

The 2022 local elections have now been marked as complete on LEAP. Download the spreadsheet of all results from andrewteale.me.uk/leap/downloads The final council to be uploaded was Orkney.

Well, I tried following Rihanna's advice and this is what I got from Bolton council - not helpful!

Get down off that cross, you’re a far right inciter of pogroms. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

Doncaster, Bentley: RUK hold E Renfs, Barrhead etc: Lab hold

New local government website launches this morning and one of their first emails in their inbox is from me asking them to turn the RSS feed back on. (when it's on by default in most CMS platforms, baffles me why someone would want to switch it off)