General election 2019

Tory party illegally collected data on ethnicity of 10m voters, MPs told

Information commissioner says data was voluntarily deleted amid concerns about ‘weak’ enforcement

Damien Gayle

26, Jan, 2021 @4:58 PM

Should Labour try to win back ‘red wall’ voters? | Letters

Letters: Steve Smart warns Labour against simply trying to win back its traditional supporters in the old heartlands, Roy Boffy says these voters will be lost for ever unless the party seriously reappraises its parlous position, and Ron Glatter thinks the ‘northern problem’ is in danger of being overstated. Plus Derrick Cameron on Corbyn as a leader and Starmer as a manager

Letters

16, Dec, 2020 @6:15 PM

Labour 'red wall' seats lost to Conservatives in 2019 might be 'lost for good'

Study shows Labour faces continuous decline unless it tackles perception it is London-centric

Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

09, Dec, 2020 @2:00 PM

Brexit and the myth of ‘mastermind’ Cummings | Letters

Letters: There was nothing new in Dominic Cummings’ political strategies, and Labour’s support in ‘red wall’ constituencies has been ebbing away for years, writes Michael Pyke. Plus letters from Dr Denis MacShane and John Airs

Letters

18, Nov, 2020 @5:31 PM

Handling of Covid-19 increases ‘red wall’ voters’ complaints of government

Northern voters increasingly feel lockdown measures are unfairly imposed from above

Deborah Mattinson

18, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM

Tory election agent guilty of tricking voters into nominating candidates

Diana Dianescu posed as someone from the Green and Labour parties, and Hackney council to dupe voters

Damien Gayle

16, Oct, 2020 @4:44 PM

Conservatives spent £16m on 2019 election win, figures show

Electoral Commission data includes £1.6m for Lynton Crosby’s polling firm

Rajeev Syal

07, Oct, 2020 @12:54 PM

Modern, multicultural and surprisingly liberal: this is the real 'red wall' | John Harris

Attitudes in Labour’s post-industrial heartlands have a lot more in common with metropolitan Britain than you may think, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

John Harris

04, Oct, 2020 @2:52 PM

Only an honest conversation about the Corbyn era will help us learn from it | Owen Jones

I’ve interviewed dozens of Labour figures, to provide a nuanced understanding of events and to help chart a new course, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Owen Jones

17, Sep, 2020 @9:30 AM

Can Labour rebuild its red wall without losing its cities? | Andy Beckett

The lost voters hate ‘scroungers’, liberal values and ‘political correctness’. Winning them back could come at a high price, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Andy Beckett

12, Sep, 2020 @7:00 AM

New reports on the 2019 election show Labour's conflicts aren't over | Sienna Rodgers

Brexit was just one manifestation of the deep divides on the left that Keir Starmer must now tackle, says Sienna Rodgers, editor of LabourList

Sienna Rodgers

26, Aug, 2020 @2:55 PM

Nobody denies Johnson's government is incompetent. But do enough voters care? | Andy Beckett

Calling for the country to be run ‘competently’ is not a rival programme for office, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett