Last Thursday local and national elections took place on the same day in the UK. Today the same thing is happening in The Philippines. You’d be hard-pressed to figure out which one is the developing nation, however. In the UK voters did their democratic duty in wooden booths with a pencil and paper and got…
Results as they stand from the BBC. Late results seem to be conforming to yesterday’s pattern. Labour have continued to make gains at the expense of the Conservatives (Ealing, Harrow) and the Lib Dems (Southwark, Brent). Ten councils have switched from NOC to Labour (including Southwark and Brent). In the battle between the Lib Dems…
‘Voting for change’ has been a key theme of this election with all the political parties attempting to make it central to their message. Today the main story is the unusual and potentially historic election result that just might presage electoral reform and radical change in the way we do national politics. But did people…
As Andy has said, the big winner in the local election has been Labour at the expense of both the Conservatives and Lib Dems. The key Labour gains have been Enfield from the Conservatives and Liverpool from the Lib Dems. But it’s the Conservatives who’ll be most disappointed (although local government remains resolutely blue). There’s…
The Liberal Democrats are doing badly in contests with Labour. However, they seem to be doing a bit better in contests with the Conservatives. Milton Keynes has stayed in NOC but the Lib Dems have gained 3 seats from the Conservatives. They’ve also hung onto power in Sutton – defying an anticipated Conservative surge.
The BNP’s march to greater political power has, at times, taken on an air of inevitability. But now they seem to be in retreat. Last night party leader Nick Griffin slumped to third place in Barking and Dagenham. His local lieutenants are faring little better. The BNP councillor in Leeds has lost his seat and…
The Conservatives haven’t performed as strongly in Labour targets as had been expected. The same seems to be true in Lib Dem targets. The Lib Dems have held Sutton with 43 seats to 11 for the Conservatives. The momentum was with the Tories here. And now Brentwood and North Tyneside have become the third and…
The Conservatives performed strongly in the national poll in England – taking around 100 extra seats. It’s been a different story in the local elections, however. So far Lincoln and Nuneaton & Bedworth have slipped from the Conservatives to no overall control. And now in Reading, where a minority Conservative administration was a possibility, the…
Twitter reports that the Lib Dems have lost overall control of Liverpool to Labour. However, the Lib Dems were never expected to do well here so probably not fair to extract a national trend away from the Lib Dems from this. It will be more interesting to see how the Lib Dems do in target…
The story of the night has been the last-minute collapse in Lib Dem support (although the party still received a greater share of the national vote than in 2005). Early results suggest that this may be reflected in local elections. The Haringey Independent reports that Haringey voters have returned Labour with an increased majority –…
