Dr Alia Middleton

Senior Lecturer in Politics @SurreyPolitics. Researching British political leadership, elections and campaigning. Overexcited by polls and leaflets #wiasn

[Orla Barry @orla_barry]

How did it all go so wrong for UK leader Keir Starmer. My report on @TheWorld with 🙏 f/t Dr. Sam Power
@BristolUni @thomascaygill @NottmTrentUni
@MiddletonAlia @UniOfSurrey @SurreyPolitics Listen here: https://t.co/oXXJI6V1IF

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

As ever, delighted to be contributing to the latest Dale tome. And on Hartlepool 2021 too! Managed to squeeze in a mention of the inflatable Boris @SurreyPolitics @SurreyCbe

[Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ @IainDale]

COMING ON 18 SEPTEMBER

British By-Elections 1789-2025 - The 88 By-Election Campaigns That Shaped Our Politics

Preorder a signed copy
https://t.co/fKj4wSF686

Full list of by-elections and essay authors below.

Parliamentary by-election happens when a seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant between general elections, whether the sitting MP dies, resigns, goes bankrupt, is convicted of a crime or is subject to a recall petition. Whatever the circumstances, by-elections have long provided some the most dramatic moments in British parliamentary history.

In this latest volume of political essays, Iain Dale picks the most consequential by-elections of the modern era and presents a series of thoroughly researched, and absorbing essays by some of the finest political writers working today.

Middlesex 1769 Robin Eagles
Co Clare 1828 Richard Gaunt
Preston 1830 Gordon Pentland
Manchester Withington 1867 Peter Kellner
Colchester 1870 Luke Blaxill
Northampton 1884 Simon Barrow
Mid Lanark 1888 Baroness Pauiine Bryan
Oldham 1899 Alex Puffette
Barnard Castle 1903 David Laws
Norwich 1904 Duncan Brack
Colne Valley 1907 Gerard Hetherington
Manchester NW 1908 Pippa Caterall
North East Derbyshire 1914 Gordon Marsden
Merthyr Tydfil 1915 Sir Vernon Bogdanor
Clare East 1917 Richard Grayson
Spen Valley 1919 Roger Gough
Paisley 1920 Hugh Gault
Woolwich East 1921 Nan Sloane
Cardiganshire 1921 Russell Deacon
Newport 1922 Stephen Williams
Mitcham 1923 Lewis Baston
Westminster Abbey 1924 Lord Lexden
Smethwick 1926 James Bird
Westminster St George's 1931 Sir Robert Buckland
Fulham East 1933 T G Otte
Oxford 1938 Simon Heffer
Kinross & West Perthshire 1938 Amy Gray
Bridgwater 1938 Alun Evans
Maldon 1942 Will Timmins
West Derbyshire James Heale
Motherwell & Wishaw 1945 Richard Finlay
Bournemouth 1945 David Hencke
Carmarthen 1957 Roger Awan-Scully
Torrington 1958 Michael McManus
Orpington 1962 Lord Norton
Bristol Souh East 1963 Lee Evans
Kinross & West Perthshire 1963 Andrew Holt
Stratford upon Avon 1963 Scarlett Maguire
Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles 1965 Sir Peter Riddell
Leyton 1965 Richard Johnson
Carmarthen 1966 Sam Blaxland
Kingston upon Hull North 1966 Nick Thomas-Symonds
Hamilton 1967 Mike Russell
Sutton & Cheam 1972 Connor Hand
Rochdale 1972 Alistair Burt
Lincoln 1973 Julia Langdon
Govan 1973 Gerry Hassan
Woolwich West 1975 Amber Whapshott
Walsall N 1976 John Barnes
Workington 1976 Michael Mullaney
Ashfield` 1977 Robert Waller
Grimsby 1977 John Bowers
Garscadden 1978 Mark Peel
Liverpiool Edge Hill 1979 Lord Chris Rennard
Fermanagh & South Tyrone x2 1981 Toby Harnden
Crosby 1981 Matthew Cole
Warrington 1981 Paul Linford
Glasgow Hillhead 1982 Andrew Marr
Bermondsey 1983 Sir John Curtice
Darlington 1983 Francis Beckett
Chesterfield 1984 Greg Rosen
Greenwich 1986 Nigel Fletcher
Govan 1988 Gerry Hassan
Eastbourne 1990 Tim Bale
Eastleigh 1993 Mark Garnett
Christchurch 1993 Michael Crick
Newbury 1993 Elinor Goodman
Dudley W 1994 Lucia Henwood
Winchester 1997 Jack Brown
South Antrim 2000 Richard Bullick
Brent East 2003 Joe Pike
Haltemprice & Howden 2008 Robert Evans
Glasgow East 2008 Lesley Orr
Crewe & Nantwich 2008 Lord Stephen Parkinson
Clacton 2014 Tim Shipman
Richmond Park 2016 Aggie Chambre
Batley & Spen 2016 Mathew Hulbert
Copeland 2017 Chris Whiteside
Hartlepool 2021 Alia Middleton
Batley & Spen 2021 Emma Burnell
Chesham & Amersham 2021 Rosie Campbell
North Shropshire 2021 Corey Froggatt
Southend West 2022 Iain Dale
Mid Bedfordshire 2023 Henry Riley
Selby & Ainsty 2023 Edward Young
Rutherglen 2023 Mark McGeoghegan
Rochdale 2024 Sunder Katwala
Runcorn - 2025 - Harry Horton

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

Want to know why leaders haunt supermarkets and building sites during general election campaigns? Read about it here 👇@SurreyCBE @SurreyPolitics

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

IN NEW ISSUE: Party Leaders’ Campaign Visits in England: David Cutts & @MiddletonAlia examine where they go and why, how they vary & what their impact is. Read in @PolStudies: https://t.co/YLmMZzznxt (OPEN ACCESS)

@PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #freeaccess #polsci

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

Back from mat leave, and I see some of my colleagues have been taking the loss of our dept printer hard

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

@markpack @shaffaqmohd @CarolinePidgeon Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉!

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

How it started How it is going
#WorldPrematurityDay
#WorldPrematurityDay2024 💜

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

The ever fab @philipjcowley taking a dive into my latest article with David Cutts. Alas, no Ed Davey in a wetsuit features. https://t.co/KF6srh80ha @SurreyPolitics @SurreyCbe

[Philip Cowley @philipjcowley]

@TheHouseMag Latest piece for @TheHouseMag. On leaders visits and their seemingly minor impact.

https://t.co/ak41m2NfX7

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

Party Leaders’ Campaign Visits in England: David Cutts & @MiddletonAlia examine where they go and why, how they vary & what their impact is. Read in @PolStudies: https://t.co/u4h0RBAoUv (OPEN ACCESS)

@PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkpolitics #freeaccess #polsci

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

Miliband's and May's feeds prioritise displays of competence above all else

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

🚨🚨NEW ARTICLE ALERT! 🚨🚨 Using social media to communicate competence, ordinariness, and authenticity in political leadership in Parliamentary Affairs with Nick Randall - out now! @SurreyPolitics @SurreyCbe https://t.co/bRvPe7m6Wk

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

Corbyn's feed portrays him as less competent in 2019 than in 2017

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

Delighted to be able to contribute (any excuse to chat by-elections, plus mention the inflatable Boris Johnson that appeared after the win in Hartlepool, alongside the non-inflatable real version) @SurreyPolitics @SurreyCbe

[Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ @IainDale]

I've now completed the lineup for BY-ELECTIONS: THE 75 BY-ELECTIONS THAT SHOOK BRITISH POLITICS.

Here goes..,
Middlesex 1769 Robin Eagles
Co Clare 1828 Richard Gaunt
Preston 1830 Gordon Pentland
Manchester Withington 1867 Peter Kellner
Colchester 1870 Luke Blaxill
Northampton 1884 Simon Barrow
Mid Lanark 1888 Baroness Pauiine Bryan
Oldham 1899 Alex Puffette
Barnard Castle 1903 David Laws
Norwich 1904 Duncan Brack
Colne Valley 1907 Gerard Hetherington
Manchester NW 1908 Pippa Caterall
North East Derbyshire 1914 Gordon Marsden
Merthyr Tydfil 1915 Sir Vernon Bogdanor
Clare East 1917 Richard Grayson
Spen Valley 1919 Roger Gough
Paisley 1920 Michael Fry
Woolwich East 1921 Nan Sloane
Cardiganshire 1921 Russell Deacon
Newport 1922 Stephen Williams
Mitcham 1923 Lewis Baston
Westminster Abbey 1924 Lord Alistair Lexden
Smethwick 1926 James Bird
Westminster St George's 1931 Sir Robert Buckland
Fulham East 1933 T G Otte
Oxford 1938 Simon Heffer
Kinross & West Perthshire 1938 Amy Gray
Bridgwater 1938 Alun Evans
Maldon 1942 Will Timmins
Motherwell & Wishaw 1945 Richard Finlay
Bournemouth 1945 David Hencke
Carmarthen 1957 Roger Awan-Scully
Torrington 1958 Michael McManus
Orpington 1962 Philip Norton
Bristol Souh East 1963 Lee Evans
Kinross & West Perthshire 1963 Andrew Holt
Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles 1965 Sir Peter Riddell
Leyton 1965 Richard Johnson
Carmarthen 1966 Sam Blaxland
Kingston upon Hull North 1966 Nick Thomas-Symonds
Hamilton 1967 Mike Russell
Sutton & Cheam 1972 Connor Hand
Rochdale 1972 Alistair Burt
Lincoln 1973 Julia Langdon
Govan 1973 Gerry Hassan
Woolwich West 1975 Mark Fox
Walsall N 1976 John Barnes
Ashfield` 1977 Robert Waller
Garscadden 1978 Mark Peel
Liverpiool Edge Hill 1979 Lord Chris Rennard
Fermanagh & South Tyrone x2 1981 Toby Harnden
Crosby 1981 Matthew Cole
Glasgow Hillhead 1982 Andrew Marr
Bermondsey 1983 Sir John Curtice
Darlington 1983 Francis Beckett
Chesterfield 1984 Greg Rosen
Greenwich 1986 Nigel Fletcher
Govan 1988 Gerry Hassan
Eastbourne 1990 Tim Bale
Eastleigh 1993 Mark Garnett
Christchurch 1993 Michael Crick
Dudley W 1994 Lucia Henwood
Winchester 1997 Jack Brown
Haltemprice & Howden 2008 Robert Evans
Glasgow East 2008 Lesley Orr
Crewe & Nantwich 2008 Lord Stephen Parkinson
Clacton 2014 Tim Shipman
Hartlepool 2021 Alia Middleton
Batley & Spen 2021 Emma Burnell
Southend West 2022 Iain Dale
Chesham & Amersham 2022 Rosie Campbell
Mid Bedfordshire 2023 Henry Riley
Selby & Ainsty 2023 Edward Young
Rutherglen 2023 Mark McGeoghegan
Rochdale 2024 Sunder Katwala

The book will be published in March 2025 by @BitebackPub and you can preorder a signed copy here...

https://t.co/fKj4wSFDXE

[Dr Alia Middleton @MiddletonAlia]

So sad to hear of David's passing - he was a truly inspirational figure who took the time to support the psephological community (and was kind enough to give me encouragement when I was a very terrified PhD student at my first conference) https://t.co/cdpg8M1pdt

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

maybe add a comma

[Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE) @SurreyCbe]

Amazing results by @SurreyPolitics this year, ending up FIRST in the country for the quality of its teaching!

@UniOfSurrey