UK ‘mid-term’ elections

Almost eighteen months on from the general election of December 2019, the May 2021 “mid-term” contests are set to provide a big test for the UK’s main parties, and have longstanding consequences on the UK’s regional governance.

These elections are the first that Labour will have contested under Keir Starmer’s leadership and will be portrayed as a measure of what progress he has made in dragging Labour back from the position of near-oblivion in which it was left in 2019. They are also the first major electoral test for Boris Johnson’s Government since his landslide election victory, and will represent a public verdict on its handling of the Coronavirus.

With a deep dive into the latest polling data, Senior Political and Polling Advisor at Lexington Greg Cook provides insight into how these crucial elections will likely play out, and on how they will help shape the UK’s political landscape in the years to come.