Local Elections

AGAA4

Time will tell but Labour haven't done as well as I would have thought, sadly.

Mind you, I can remember after the 2019 election, that the consensus was that Labour would never win the next election, and it would take almost a generation for them to get back into power.

Well that was wrong wasn’t it? So perhaps we are expecting too much as this stage?

Labour are definitely in with a chance, which nobody would have foreseen in 2019.

Time will tell but Labour haven't done as well as I would have thought, sadly.

Delighted to say my area has its first Black Labour councillor. A good day.

Well, people are getting terribly excited on GN about this. I would have thought Labour would have gained far more. Quite shocking really when you think of the Conservative's and what they've done/not done.

But in reality these mean very little. Margaret Thatcher lost about 700 seats in the late 80s then went on to a stomping victory and Tony Blair suffering a similar fate and then going on to win.

Mid term blues as Jack Straw said.

Still very surprised. that Labour hasn't gained far more seats but the count is ongoing so still time.

None of Labour's three council gains in London were close:

Barnet
Lab: 41 (+16)
Cons: 22 (-16)

Wandsworth
Lab: 35 (+9)
Cons: 22 (-11)
IND: 1 (-)

Westminster
Lab: 31 (+12)
Cons: 23 (-18)

Richmond Council. Tories down to one.

Good oh

The ‘signs are positive’ that the Lib Dems have taken Somerset, Sir Ed Davey tells
@MattChorley

Preston Labour
@prestonlabour
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Lab Hold every seat ✅
Increased vote share 15/16 wards ✅
43% female Cllrs ✅
First all female ward ✅
#PrestonModel marches on ✅
Thank you Preston!

Johnson is a wrecking ball and one with no sense of that being a bad thing. He will go on wrecking lives until someone stops him and takes his toy (the government) away from him.

The Conservatives have -120 seats overall. No other party has a negative number.

This is what I want to see at this stage - anyone but Boris votes. Starmer and Ed Davey can then, individually move forward and build on this.

(Tim)

Interesting by Montgomerie. In many ways, the worst result for both the UK and the Tories might be for Johnson to just about have done enough to keep limping on, with a paralysed gov’t constantly on the back foot. ~AA

Urmstongran

Seems Keir Starmer is losing votes outside of London. The Red Wall don’t seem to want Labour back? On these results they have “no chance of winning a GE”.

Just count the seats Tories are losing to whoever Urmstongan. That is all that matters, at this point, to many voters.

Labour Gain Compton Ward!

is now #plymouth’s first ever trans councillor and the ward’s first ever Labour councillor! What an achievement! Congratulations Dylan

Seems Keir Starmer is losing votes outside of London. The Red Wall don’t seem to want Labour back? On these results they have “no chance of winning a GE”.

Seat Count (10:20AM):

? LAB: 1200 (+34)
? CON: 540 (-122)
? LDM: 259 (+59)
ℹ️ INDs: 39 (=)
? GRN: 39 (+22)
?️ LOCs: 40 (+6)

Beacon and Bents (South Tyneside) election result:

Green GAIN from Labour.

Grn: 54.6% (+15.5)
Lab: 34.4% (-15.9)
Con: 6.7% (-3.9)
Ind: 4.3% (+4.3)

I assume this is a Lib council?

Hull Council is now... TORY FREE!

Labour hold Hounslow

Labour gain Barnet from Conservatives

Whitewavemark2

Let’s see if this prediction is correct ?

A Lib Dem source tells me they "are 99% sure" the Tories will lose control of West Oxfordshire

The local authority area includes David Cameron's former constituency of Witney

The Conservatives have lost control of West Oxfordshire District Council for the first time in 22 years.

Two cabinet members, including the authority's long-serving deputy leader, lost their seats to Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates respectively.

None of our council votes have been counted yet. I do wonder why we need to rush them out.

Bea65

How busy are the local election stations...do you feel weary of voting when most are unknown candidates or, you vote for the same old....I had a long list to choose from ....

Isn't it your job to find out about the candidates? I've always felt it was.

Off now to do stuff.

Perhaps someone else can take the baton?

Let’s see if this prediction is correct ?

A Lib Dem source tells me they "are 99% sure" the Tories will lose control of West Oxfordshire

The local authority area includes David Cameron's former constituency of Witney

Britain Elects
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Wollaston and Stourbridge Town (Dudley) election result:

Labour GAIN from Conservative.

Lab: 49.1% (+4.3)
Con: 40.9% (-7.5)
LDem: 6.8% (+6.8)
Oth: 3.1% (+3.1)