Elections looming in Northern Ireland

Political events in Northern Ireland in recent days suggest that an election for the Legislative Assembly may loom in the next few months, while the election for Northern Ireland's 18 seats in the House of Commons may gain extra significance at the upcoming UK...

Cameron cutting seat numbers in UK

David Cameron, the leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, is planning to immediately cut the number of seats in the House of Commons following an election victory this year, according to reports. Cameron's plan involves immediately introducing legislation following an election which would...

Election guide update

Over the break I have completed about twenty-seven seat guides for my guide to the 2010 federal election. Some of those which have been posted include: Herbert Sturt Hughes Swan Cowper Ryan Calare Sydney Grayndler Page North Sydney Greenway Wentworth Just today I have posted the guide to the seat of Melbourne, the Greens' best chance of winning...

New South Australian electoral maps

With South Australia's state election coming up on March 20, I have taken the opportunity to improve the electoral maps for South Australia posted on this blog. The maps for the 2006 election and for the upcoming 2010 election had already been posted, but...

Summer hiatus

Just as I did last year, I have ceased posting on the front page of the blog for the Christmas/New Year period. I find that few people read the blog during this period and it will give me a chance to work on more...

NSW Labor pummelled by the polls

The NSW Labor Party has again hit rock-bottom in a new state Newspoll out today in the Australian. The poll gives the ALP only 26% of the vote, which is their current record low from a poll last year following the removal of Morris...

UK electoral map finished

I have finally completed the UK electoral map for next year's general election for the House of Commons. I had previously completed maps for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and have now completed the map for Scotland. I have also updated the map of England...

Recall madness

The Sydney Morning Herald has today begun a campaign to have the state constitution changed to allow "recall elections", where a petition of a large number of state voters would result in the Parliament being dissolved and a fresh election being called, regardless of...

By-election wash

Election results on Saturday have largely been interpreted as some sort of endorsement of new Liberal leader Tony Abbott, yet looking at the figures the result is highly unremarkable for the Liberal Party. Bradfield and Higgins are both incredibly safe seats for the Liberal Party....

Bradfield and Higgins results

8:32pm - There are reports tonight that police were called to Warrawee booth today following an incident where an abusive DLP worker assaulted a Greens volunteer, who he pushed over a fence. The worker had apparently been verbally aggressive to a number of other...