By-election and local authority results.

I voted for Sadiq Khan and am so pleased that he has been re-elected. The ULEZ measures, and LTNs (low traffic neighbourhoods), are probably more popular than the press would have us believe.

Given that Johnson shut loads of police stations and PCSOs and youth services have been cut to nothing, I’m not sure how people expect knife crime to easily be reduced. Other cities have a higher level of violent crime proportional to the population, but people seem to think Khan is to blame for crime in Birmingham, Nottingham etc. if anyone thinks Susan Hall had the answer they are delusional.

Sarnia

MaizieD

Sadiq Khan has been officially declared the winner in London.

No solution to knife crime any time soon then.

Yes. Crime is the area Khan really needs to be seen to be tackling as a priority.

Sadie Khan is very popular in many areas not least since on his watch every primary school child is entitled to have a hot school dinner.

The media are mostly Tory and have historically been more critical of Labour policies it’s true, but much of the online stuff was truly vile.

MaizieD

Sadiq Khan has been officially declared the winner in London.

No solution to knife crime any time soon then.

I don't think it is all to do with nasty racism directed at Sadiq Khan. He's unpopular with some because he is a politician. The media just want to paint him in a bad light, as they do with anyone in a position of power. That's what we've been getting over the past few years, and I can't really see an end to it.

I voted Sadiq Khan, all the nasty racism directed at him by those who want to reverse greener policies didn’t work. He’s done a good job with transport, despite being dumped on from a great height by this government. Free school meals in primary schools is popular with parents.

growstuff

*if all the people who were against Brexit had voted, we wouldn’t be in this situation, but they didn’t.*

I know that, but nobody can turn the clock back. What happened is in the past and all anybody can do is make the best of the present and the future.

Exactly-but making the best of things should include learning from experience and bothering to vote.

My three children all voted for him and every London cab driver I’ve spoken to over the months and years have supported him.

A good win as well for Sadiq Khan. Well ahead of his rivals.

Sadiq Khan has been officially declared the winner in London.

I am so pleased that Andy Burnham has been re elected. As a Manchester resident I feel he has done well in the position.
He won 420,749 votes, nearest rival won 68,946. A resounding victory.
As with Sadiq Khan in London I don't think their traffic calming measures are as unpopular as they are portrayed, but people appreciate cleaner air.

We had our council elections last year and Lib Dem replaced Tories. I havn’t seen the overall average swing to Labour, despite a lot of early results being very bullish it seems less than expected.

winterwhite

Oh well sorry again! I was posting after a collection of posts from people who were lamenting not being able to tick None of the above in Thursday’s elections which were for local councillors.

I'm not sure what others meant, but my wanting a 'none of the above' was for all elections if voting was made compulsory. I wasn't referring to Thursday's elections because London didn't elect local councillors this time.

Here are the results after 106 of 107 councils announced.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/england/results

As expected the Labour Party did best. Anyone listening to several broadcast reports would think that it was mainly a two way contest between Labour and Conservative, sometimes hearing that the Greens were challenging Labour and Reform challenging Conservatves. Occassionally we are told about independent councillors being elected .

No mention at all of the Liberal Democrats who, you might be surprised to hear, actually won more seats and more Councils than the Conservatives!

Someone on Granset said she'd heard that Reform were doing very well. They appear to have won 2 seats. The LibDems have won 520seats (an increase of 105).

Manchester and West Yorkshire - Labour win

Oh well sorry again! I was posting after a collection of posts from people who were lamenting not being able to tick None of the above in Thursday’s elections which were for local councillors.

I do however think that the Muslim vote turning away from labour is going to benefit Streeting.

winterwhite

Cossy I didn’t make myself clear re remuneration. Of course councillors have daytime jobs, otherwise they wouldn’t survive.
We often hear on here, ‘They’re all in it for the money’. That’s what I was responding to.

You just didn't make it clear that you were referring to local councillors. I think people tend to associate the word 'politician' with MPs.

I must admit my eyebrows raised a trifle 😆

Cossy I didn’t make myself clear re remuneration. Of course councillors have daytime jobs, otherwise they wouldn’t survive.
We often hear on here, ‘They’re all in it for the money’. That’s what I was responding to.

Galaxy

Conservatives large C in my area. Tend to be involved in local issues where they can exert influence - opposition to new housing, or any changes to the area to be honest.

Many of the Conservatives here (including some of the councillors) live in the "nice" rural areas and wanted to keep the "chocolate box" characteristics. Others were happy for loads of development (so long as it wasn't in their back yards) because they realised that attracted funding from central government. Too little had been done to enforce funding from developers for new infrastructure. Not only that, but some were obsessed about keeping council tax down. As a result, the Conservatives split.

The outcome is that the LibDems have been pushed out and only have a couple of councillors. The elections are a two-way battle between Conservatives and the independent party. I think Labour gave up years ago. The LibDems seem positively radical left-wing (compared with all the others).

Generally, it hasn't been too bad. The couple of LibDems are still quite vocal and the independents have certainly provided more services than the Conservatives ever would have done. The trouble is that Essex County Council is still Conservative and the local district council often gets blamed for Essex's shortcomings. There's a feeling here that Essex County Council don't care about us very much because we're right on the border of Essex, have low unemployment and crime, so our council tax goes to the more needy areas. I don't think many people have much loyalty to Essex.

London to declare at about 4.30pm I think.

Looks like Khan with an easy win.

So the Tory frighteners of ULEZ and crime didn’t impress the voters.

I am a bit surprised tbh as I thought Palestine might be a factor that would lose him the vote.

Conservatives large C in my area. Tend to be involved in local issues where they can exert influence - opposition to new housing, or any changes to the area to be honest.

Galaxy

I imagine it varies by area, in my region independent usually means conservative.

It does here too. My council has been "independent" for two terms, but many of the councillors were disillusioned Conservatives, as a result of a spat over new development/housing. Since then, a couple of LibDems and Labour councillors have defected because that's the only way they can have a voice. Most voters here seem to vote for the individuals rather than political parties - at least locally (don't mention my despicable MP).