Today, local elections are taking place across England and Wales, and in South Shields a parliamentary by-election after David Milliband’s recent resignation (yesterday, the Victorian Commons blogged on 19th century by-elections, which you can read here). For many of the former MPs interviewed for our oral history project, their political careers began in local councils, for example Michael English in Rochdale, Peter Fry in Buckinghamshire, … Continue reading MPs memories: election campaigns