The third of three by-elections set to be called over the coming weeks comes up in Yorkshire where the Tories are looking to hold on to a majority of 20,137 after sitting MP Nigel Adams announced he was quitting parliament in solidarity with Boris Johnson. We take a look at the early odds in what we are expecting to be a very competitive market… Selby & Ainsty By-Election Odds: Conservatives – 4/6 Labour – 13/10 Lib Dems – 16/1 Reform UK – 33/1 Greens – 66/1 *odds correct as of Midday, Wednesday 14 June, 2023 Click Here to Bet on the Selby & Ainsty By-Election with Betfred It is expe ..read more

Nadine Dorries looked set to quit as an MP to go and serve in the House of Lords. Well one part of that sentence came to fruition but the other, well it did not. The 66-year-old announced her resignation last Friday, which will force a by-election in a truly safe Tory seat but the odds suggest that is not the case. Let’s check them out… Mid Bedfordshire By-Election Odds: Lib Dems – 4/11 Conservatives – 9/4 Labour – 12/1 Reform UK – 100/1 Green Party – 250/1 *odds correct as of 10AM, Monday 12 June, 2023 Click Here to Bet on the Mid Bedfordshire By-Election with Betfred So the traders and pun ..read more

A dramatic announcement came on Friday evening that Boris Johnson will step down as an MP with immediate effect, bringing an end (for now) to one of the most polarising political careers in modern UK history. Will his party hold on to defend the seat without him in the upcoming by-election? Let’s look at the early odds… Uxbridge & South Ruislip By-Election Odds: Labour – 1/10 Conservatives – 11/2 Lib Dems – 25/1 Reform UK – 50/1 Green Party – 100/1 *odds correct as of 9AM Monday 12 June, 2023 Click Here to Bet on the Uxbridge & South Ruislip By-Election with Betfred Boris Johnson has ..read more

As the dust settles following a pretty abject night for the Conservative Party at the Local Elections, we take a look at the betting markets to see what might be next with a General Election likely for autumn 2024… Bet on the Next General Election with Betfred here Tory talking head after Tory talking head went on TV on Thursday and Friday last week to say that losing 1,000 councillors for a party of government was normal and nothing to worry about. It was like living in some strange reality where spinning mistruths was normal and despite TV anchors trying to push back, they weren’t budging fr ..read more

With four debates scheduled for the next week or so, the Betfred Blog team take a look at the Betting Prices in the Next SNP Leader Market before the campaigns really get started… Betfred have Humza Yousaf as the favourite but not overwhelming so despite the 37 year-old having the lion’s share of the endorsements from political figures across the party. No fewer than 22 MSP and 13 members from the House of Commons have come out publicly to support the MSP Member for Glasgow Pollok. The other two candidates have 15 endorsements between them. Yousaf is considered the continuation candidate after ..read more

The long awaited announcement that Donald Trump was seeking to return to the job came overnight but Betfred continue to have the former President as the second-choice in their market… After a bruising set of Midterm elections for the Republicans – and Donald Trump in particular – there were many within his own party that advocated for at least a delay in him going public that he’s seeking their nomination to be the next incumbent of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. A runoff in the Georgia Senate Election is now likely to become a referendum on Trump rather than a decision between the two candidates ..read more

Keir Starmer is favourite to be the next Prime Minister after the Tories handed Liz Truss the keys to 10 Downing Street Betfred have the Labour leader at 4/5 for the top job, succeeding Truss. And if Labour opts for a change in leadership, Greater Manchester’s outspoken mayor Andy Burnham has been backed in to 20/1 to be the next PM. Ahead of Burnham, according to Betfred, are a whole bunch of Conservatives including Kemi Badenoch, Kwarsi Kwarteng – and also at 12/1 we have the now-departed Boris Johnson. Johnson in his goodbye message spoke of his legacy after his landslide triumph in 2019 ..read more

It is that time again when the Conservative Party gets to decide who the next Prime Minister of the country is. We seem to have been in this situation far too many times in recent history as strong and stable government has been thrown out of the window. The contenders are on manoeuvres but what is this, Boris Johnson on the verge of a dramatic return to 10 Downing Street? We look at the overnight market moves… Last night I turned over to watch ITV News for some reason. I am a BBC (or Sky) guy usually but it wasn’t a great episode of The Simpsons on Sky Showcase, so seeing how the channel cove ..read more

It’s looking like a two-horse race in the battle to be elected the next Conservative Party leader and therefore Prime Minister following the resignation of Liz Truss. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the increasingly-popular Penny Mordaunt are leading the betting following Truss’ swift resignation statement outside 10 Downing Street this afternoon. Referencing her inability to deliver on tax-cutting promises, Truss announced that she would be vacating her position “within the next week”. Truss has become the Prime Minister with the unfortunate record of serving the shortest term in British po ..read more

Prime Minister Liz Truss is odds-on at Betfred to go this year She has been backed in to 4/7 to cease being Tory party leader in 2022 following the new Government’s disastrous mini-budget. It sparked turmoil on world markets – and she u-turned on two major initiatives and the bombshell sacking of her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. He flew home early from a meeting of the International Monetary Fund in the US to be dismissed by his long term political ally. He was replaced by former Foreign Secretary and ex-Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor during an extraordinary day of political intrigue ..read more