General Election Updates

Impartial political coverage from the UK. Retweets are not endorsements.

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

From 12am on Sky News, we are throwing everything at our by-elections special with @jonathansamuels (and me sitting at his right hand)

If you’re a politics obsessive, late to bed, an insomniac or wake up early just wanting to know… - we want you all to tune in.

With @amandaakass in Somerton @joncraig in Uxbridge and @wizbates in Selby overnight, wizard graphics from me to explain the numbers and @_HannahBunting for top analysis

Plus @TomBaldwin66 and Laura Dunne beaming in through the night

[General Election Updates @GeneralElec]

Triple by-election day.

Voters are heading to the ballot box in:
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Selby and Ainsty
- Somerton and Frome

[General Election Updates @GeneralElec]

Read the Privileges Committee's final report on Boris Johnson here -> https://t.co/wBB5nD8bwI

[Reuters @Reuters]

Britain's Boris Johnson should be excluded from parliament for willfully misleading lawmakers over rule-breaking COVID lockdown parties at his office, a committee said in a damning report the former leader described as ‘rubbish’ https://t.co/fjCnDX1ziD

[Redfield & Wilton Strategies @RedfieldWilton]

Labour leads by 14%.

Westminster VI (11 June):

Labour 44% (–)
Conservative 30% (–)
Liberal Democrat 13% (+1)
Reform UK 6% (+1)
Green 4% (-1)
Scottish National Party 3% (–)
Other 1% (–)

Changes +/- 4 June

https://t.co/HShQh5eYtT

[General Election Updates @GeneralElec]

BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon, former first minister, arrested in SNP finances inquiry

https://t.co/kCtV3kExNw

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams to stand down as MP with 'immediate effect' triggering third by-election https://t.co/Mi7rnmtkdf

[Reuters @Reuters]

Boris Johnson's honours list includes aides tied to ex-UK PM's 'Partygate' scandal https://t.co/HxHUGkizHx

[Reuters @Reuters]

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly quit as a member of parliament, reopening deep divisions in the ruling Conservative Party ahead of an election expected next year https://t.co/fKQa3NVYii

[YouGov @YouGov]

SNAP POLL

62% say it was right for Boris Johnson to resign

https://t.co/fzYVIV3bRm

65% think he knowingly misled Parliament on Partygate

https://t.co/LPyKAeE6GE

72% think it likely he committed further COVID offences

https://t.co/6V4ylWcgBB

[General Election Updates @GeneralElec]

Labour shadow minister suspended over complaint https://t.co/AAIWpf0zDR

[General Election Updates @GeneralElec]

Poll | 7 June 2023 | by @focaldataHQ

🔴 Labour: 470 seats
🔵 Conservatives: 123 seats
🟡 SNP: 26 seats

Sample size: 10,140

This is the first MRP poll under new constituency boundaries due to come in at the next election.

https://t.co/urUO1hPmrG

[General Election Updates @GeneralElec]

Ian Blackford: Former SNP Westminster leader standing down at next election https://t.co/moJa2n3OXg

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Poll | 4 June 2023 | by @RedfieldWilton

"Which issues would most determine how you would vote in a General Election, if there were to be one tomorrow?"