Ian Jones
Crime
Gender recognition certificates: Key numbers and trends
Some 1,088 certificates were granted in 2023/24, up sharply from 871 in 2022/23 and 495 in 2021/22.
By Ian Jones
17 Apr 2025
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with three days to go until General Election
Labour’s average poll rating is currently 20 percentage points ahead of the Tories.
By Ian Jones
1 Jul 2024
Politics
Seats visited by the main party leaders so far during the election campaign
Rishi Sunak has campaigned in nine constituencies where the Tories are defending notional majorities of more than 20,000.
By Ian Jones
28 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with six days to go until General Election
Labour’s average poll rating is currently 21 percentage points ahead of the Conservatives.
By Ian Jones
28 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with a week to go until General Election
The Conservatives are up slightly on their poll averages a week ago, while Reform are down.
By Ian Jones
27 Jun 2024
Politics
What are the ‘bellwether’ seats at the General Election?
The seat with the longest track record of being a bellwether is Dartford in Kent.
By Ian Jones
27 Jun 2024
Politics
Seats visited by party leaders on day 35: Key election data
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has now visited 42 seats during the campaign, 30 of which are being defended by the Conservatives.
By Ian Jones
26 Jun 2024
Politics26 Jun 2024
Estimated declaration times of General Election results: Chronological
Most results are likely to be declared between 2am and 4am.
Politics
Estimated declaration times of General Election results: Alphabetical
All results are being counted overnight, with the final results due at around 6am on July 5.
By Ian Jones
26 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with eight days to go until the General Election
There has been little movement in the opinion poll averages in recent days.
By Ian Jones
26 Jun 2024
Politics
Voters have just hours left to apply for ID certificate for General Election
Applications for voter identification documents have jumped sharply in recent days.
By Ian Jones
26 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with nine days to go until the General Election
Reform’s average poll rating is just three points behind that for the Conservatives.
By Ian Jones
25 Jun 2024
Politics
Seats visited by party leaders on day 33: Key election data
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has visited 36 different seats since the start of the campaign, 32 of which are being defended by the Tories.
By Ian Jones
24 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with 10 days to go until the General Election
The poll average for Reform UK is now just two percentage points behind the figure for the Conservatives.
By Ian Jones
24 Jun 2024
Politics
Seats visited by the main party leaders so far during the election campaign
Rishi Sunak has campaigned in eight constituencies where the Tories are defending notional majorities of more than 20,000.
By Ian Jones
21 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with 13 days to go until the General Election
The polls continue to give contrasting indications of how well Reform and the Conservatives are faring.
By Ian Jones
21 Jun 2024
Politics
Seats visited by party leaders on day 29: Key election data
Sir Ed Davey has visited 32 seats since the start of the campaign, 28 of which are being defended by the Tories.
By Ian Jones
20 Jun 2024
Politics
Opinion poll round-up with two weeks to go until the General Election
The latest polls give conflicting suggestions of how well Reform and the Conservatives are faring.
By Ian Jones
20 Jun 2024
Politics
General Election: Conservatives in tough fight to hang on in London
Labour’s top target in London is Chingford & Woodford Green, where the Conservative candidate is former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.
20 Jun 2024
Politics
Tories and Labour battle for host of marginal seats in West Midlands
The Tories’ most vulnerable seat in the region is the newly-created constituency of Wolverhampton West.
By Ian Jones
20 Jun 2024
Politics
Liberal Democrats seek recovery in former ‘yellow wall’ of South West
The Lib Dems are the main challenger in half of the 50 seats the Tories are defending in the region.
By Ian Jones
20 Jun 2024