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Burnham!

Andy Burnham wins big in a by-election in the north of England, seemingly setting him up to be Britain's next prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters Leave a comment 22 June 202622 June 2026

Wrapping up Farrer

Final figures from last month's Farrer by-election show considerable resistance among Liberal voters to the party's preferencing strategy.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters Leave a comment 16 June 202616 June 2026

Fourth time lucky

After three narrow defeats, Keiko Fujimori wins an equally narrow victory to become Peru's next president.

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Mr Putin loses another one

Armenia's government is comfortably returned despite losing a war – not a common occurrence.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East, War and peace Leave a comment 10 June 202610 June 2026

Another European roundup

A somewhat overdue review of recent European elections and government formation, covering Slovenia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Malta.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 4 Comments 1 June 202614 June 2026

Another election postmortem

The Democrats release a review of the 2024 presidential election, while pointedly distancing themselves from its contents and author.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 25 May 2026

Spain deals in the far right

An election in Spain's biggest region deals a further blow to the idea of single-party government.

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Labour and Tories both face their demons

Local elections in Britain show the far right still in the lead, but with some signs of its position weakening.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Europe 4 Comments 12 May 202612 May 2026

Another bad night for the Liberal Party

Australia's Liberal Party loses another heartland seat, this time to the far right. It has options for recovery, but we already know that it won't take them.

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Nepean stays Liberal

Victoria's Liberal Party holds onto a seat at a by-election – which wouldn't normally be newsworthy, but is made so by the rise of One Nation.

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