Local elections results- what is happening in your neck of the woods?

I live in the Mid Suffolk District Council area
I will go and hide

We have had a Lib Dem mayor for 14 (?) years, after a recount we have a Conservative mayor.

Wyllow Students don't tend to live in Cambridgeshire, although some of the staff most certainly do. The City of Cambridge has a separate council and MP. South Cambridgeshire is semi-rural, wealthy and "leafy". The parliamentary constituency was safely Conservative until 2019, when the LDs targeted it and came within a couple of thousand votes of winning.

Grantanow

No elections where I live and we have an invisible Tory MP.

A diversion, sorry. But do you do is you have such an MP. I would request an appointment at his surgery, again and again, and expose him/her. Why do people accept 'an invible MP'- they are elected and paid to do the job - don't let them get away with it.

Here in Manchester Labour have retained overall control of the council but have lost seats to the Libdems and the Greens. While Manchester is not ever going to turn Tory, these results seem to indicate Labour may not achieve the majority it wishes in the General Election, but could possibly just be the largest party.

No elections where I live and we have an invisible Tory MP.

growstuff

HurdyGurdy

HurdyGurdy

Apparently our count is taking place today, and wasn't overnight.

I suspect we'll still overall be Conservative, but I'm expecting to see more independent Councillors.

Well well well. What was always a strong Conservative area now has an Independent Council!

Conservatives - 23 seats
Labour - 5 seats
Independents - 31 seats
Lib Dems - 5 seats
Green Party - 1 seat

According to my husband (who didn't even bother to vote that means that nothing will get done, as the Independents will all be arguing amongst themselves.

We'll see - interesting times ahead.

That looks like a hung council to me.

Sorry, meant to say "mainly Independent" council. Got ahead of myself

Lots of good news.

Re Cambridgeshire - there is a tendency for university areas to be more radical, its not just the Uni, as I believe there is a lot of new hi tech stuff developing in the area. Where my DS lives the city with an old Uni is Labour, surrounded by blue rosette.

Sunak moan alert...about 2 days before the elections he said how on average Conservative councils charged £80 less council tax than Labour Ones. is he really so blind not to see that a good many of those Labour councils are in urban deprived areas with high levels of social need?

Not a lot to be proud about

. I'm sure councils do sometimes waste money and other grumbles but when it comes down to it they have to fund social care, homelessness, social housing, and other results of social deprivation. Its one thing grumbling about potholes when there are houses and floats with mould in they can't afford to keep up to scratch.

Thanet Council now has a Labour majority for the first time since 2003.

Wyllow3

Nicenanny3

If they manage to Stop The Boats they will.

Tell that to people suffering for lack of health and social care, or struggling in food banks.

Locally, true to form, no change, Lib Dems and Labour share the spoils, no change, no tories in sight.

Exactly! Hopefully, it will sink in that people care more about paying their bills, the NHS, schools and social care than they do about the Conservatives' "stop the boats" distraction battle cry.

AskAlice

In East Hertfordshire, the Greens have stormed it, and the Council is now NOC rather than strong Conservative.

Perhaps that will shake the Tory councillors round here out of their complacency. I've lived here for 20 years and have never had them canvass me during any elections (local or national) and they very rarely bother with leaflet drops.

I live next door in NW Essex (Uttlesford). The council is run by a residents' party. To the North is South Cambridgeshire, which is controlled by the LDs. As you know (I'm sure), this whole area is quite wealthy (with small pockets of deprivation), crime and unemployment are low and the whole area is generally a nice place to live. Perfect for Conservative complacency, one would have thought, but there isn't a Conservative council for miles.

Nicenanny3

If they manage to Stop The Boats they will.

Tell that to people suffering for lack of health and social care, or struggling in food banks.

Locally, true to form, no change, Lib Dems and Labour share the spoils, no change, no tories in sight.

Brighton and Hove - Labour won a majority.

Weald - Lib-Dems - astounding result!

In East Hertfordshire, the Greens have stormed it, and the Council is now NOC rather than strong Conservative.

Perhaps that will shake the Tory councillors round here out of their complacency. I've lived here for 20 years and have never had them canvass me during any elections (local or national) and they very rarely bother with leaflet drops.

Here 28% turnout.. Conservative held on to the Council.
10 candidate's
X5 Conservative
X2 Labour
X2 Lib dem
X1 Green.
Remember they are all up for election next year. So have 1 year to prove themselves.

I'm really pleased that the Lib Dems have won control in my area, plus other parts of Devon.

The Greens have taken control of Mid Suffolk and the LDs have had a decisive win in Surrey Heath council (Michael Gove's constituency).

One Labour gain, 2 Independants gains, Conservative retain majority.

The big cities (and Scotland, Wales and NI) didn't vote this time, so the local election results won't necessarily be reflected in a GE.

I'm not sure that Brexit was an issue. I didn't hear it being discussed, although the reasons which underpinned voting in the referendum remain.

It's quite interesting that the Conservatives have lost hundreds of seats, but they haven't all gone to Labour by any means. Both the LDs and Greens have picked up a fair number of seats. That's not surprising in local elections. Firstly, people are concerned about local environmental issues, so vote Green. LDs have always been strong on local issues. Whether that translates to national voting is a different matter.

Secondly, people are disenchanted with the Conservatives, but can't bring themselves to vote Labour. In a GE, there will have to be some tactical voting for that to be reflected in the number of MPs.

A few places (Harlow, Basildon and Peterborough) have bucked the trend and increased the Conservative majority.

PS. My district has returned an independent residents' party for the third time running. We're still one of the safest Conservative seats in the country at national level.

HurdyGurdy

HurdyGurdy

Apparently our count is taking place today, and wasn't overnight.

I suspect we'll still overall be Conservative, but I'm expecting to see more independent Councillors.

Well well well. What was always a strong Conservative area now has an Independent Council!

Conservatives - 23 seats
Labour - 5 seats
Independents - 31 seats
Lib Dems - 5 seats
Green Party - 1 seat

According to my husband (who didn't even bother to vote that means that nothing will get done, as the Independents will all be arguing amongst themselves.

We'll see - interesting times ahead.

That looks like a hung council to me.

Here the Tories got beaten out of sight, a big change Lib Dems now have a big majority. Helped by our MP who is one of the Tory crooks who thinks he can remain an MP.

HurdyGurdy

Apparently our count is taking place today, and wasn't overnight.

I suspect we'll still overall be Conservative, but I'm expecting to see more independent Councillors.

Well well well. What was always a strong Conservative area now has an Independent Council!

Conservatives - 23 seats
Labour - 5 seats
Independents - 31 seats
Lib Dems - 5 seats
Green Party - 1 seat

According to my husband (who didn't even bother to vote that means that nothing will get done, as the Independents will all be arguing amongst themselves.

We'll see - interesting times ahead.

Our results are in as expected all Conservative wins

Mamie

Observing as someone with no vote anywhere, I think that the most interesting analysis is that Brexit voting areas are going to Labour and Remain areas moving away from Conservatives. I think what is happening in former True Blue areas is fascinating. Obviously demographic change is a factor.

It will be very interesting to see the statistics which will undoubtedly appear related to that.

Observing as someone with no vote anywhere, I think that the most interesting analysis is that Brexit voting areas are going to Labour and Remain areas moving away from Conservatives. I think what is happening in former True Blue areas is fascinating. Obviously demographic change is a factor.