Topic: Elections

Starmer has clung on. But a reckoning could be weeks away

Labour MPs have closed ranks around the prime minister, while the lack of an obvious successor has bought him some time before the Gorton by-election

Shehab Khan
Who is Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader who called for Starmer to quit?

One of Britain’s most prominent Muslim politicians, Sarwar had previously been close to the prime minister Keir Starmer

Dominic Hinde
Can Fily Keita-Gassama become her town’s first Black Muslim mayor?

France votes in mayoral elections in March. In Champigny-sur-Marne, this local candidate is fighting disaffection and the right for a historic win in the Paris suburbs

Ellen Groves

Plaid Cymru leader: We’ll protect communities if Reform UK wins in England

Speaking to Hyphen, Rhun ap Iorwerth appealed for Welsh Muslims to join ‘coalition’ against ‘negative politics’ of Nigel Farage’s party
Young, French and Muslim: the new electoral force to be reckoned with

French municipal elections take place in March. After decades under a rightwing mayor, migrant communities in Nice are demanding change
Will Starmer survive 2026? Here’s what could seal his fate

After a bruising 2025 for Labour, eyes are on possible successors to the PM in the shape of Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner
Farage’s opponents are desperate for racism claims to stick. Will they matter?

Reform UK’s leader faces dozens of allegations that he racially abused classmates at Dulwich College, which he denies. Yet he keeps chalking up wins
Votes at 16 will enfranchise 156,000 young Muslims — 10% of new voters

Analysis of 2021 census data also finds young Muslim voters could have biggest impact in urban areas such as Birmingham, Bradford and east London
German voters show us what happens when anti-migrant rhetoric is banned

The far right made gains across Germany’s largest state on Sunday, except in Cologne where most politicians had agreed not to campaign ‘at the expense of immigrants’