In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Michael Mullaney, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Leicestershire County Council and Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate for Hinckley and Bosworth in 2024 about British By-Elections 1769–2025: The 88 By-Election Campaigns That Shaped Our Politics a book he has contributed a chapter to. They discuss the Workington by election of 1976, the significance of by elections, why the Liberal Democrats and other third parties have been so successful at winning them and how turnout can often dictate the result.

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