
Barry Michael Doyle
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Barry Michael Doyle
@profbarrydoyle
Historian of 20thc Cities Hospitals Politics Emeritus Prof Health History University of Huddersfield. Views own.


There's hung parliaments and then there's whatever this would be...








Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025: 🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2% ➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2% 🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2% 🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3% 🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9% ⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%





NEW: Holyrood 2026 will NOT have an overnight count Instead, votes will be counted on the Friday after the polls close Nervous waits all round and, critically, more time for spin/narrative setting for winners and losers...




Staines (Spelthorne) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 37.9% (New) ➡️ RFM: 23.5% (New) 🙋 Ind: 12.3% (New) 🌳 CON: 10.9% (-4.7) 🌍 GRN: 7.7% (-27.8) 🌹 LAB: 7.4% (-17.1) 🧑🔧 TUSC: 0.4% (New) No Ind (-27.4) as previous. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Green. Changes w/ 2023.



Registration for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians closes tomorrow. Details 👇





















