Sentences with phrase «english council seats»

After winning more than 140 English council seats at the 2013 local election - averaging 25 % of the vote in the wards where it was standing - it gained 161 last year.

Altogether there are about 2400 English council seats up for election (about 1125 Conservative, 575 Labour, 530 Lib Dems, 150 others).

Ukip did gain at least 20 English council seats.

In all, 2,700 English councils seats were fought over, along with 129 Scottish Parliament seats, 60 in the Welsh Assembly, and all Police and Crime Commissioner posts in Wales and England.

Not exact matches

2,743 seats will be up for grabs in elections across 124 English councils.

Nearly 10,000 candidates are fighting for seats at 34 English top - tier counties and unitary authorities, as well as the Isle of Anglesey council in Wales.

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[citation needed] The two sitting English Democrat councillors on Calderdale and Blackburn with Darwen councils retired, and the party did not nominate any candidates to contest the seats.

Ahead of the local elections, the Labour leader sought to manage expectations by suggesting the party would not lose seats on English councils.

Labour clung on in the English council elections with few losses last night despite claims more than 100 seats would vanish.

«In English council elections we have gained seats from both Labour and the Tories, and have won in areas which were previously no - go areas for the Lib Dems.

In total, 2,747 seats in English councils — spanning metropolitan boroughs, unitary authorities and district councils — were up for grabs.

Nick Clegg has said «it's never easy to see dedicated, hardworking Liberal Democrat councillors lose ground,» after his party lost two councils and more than 100 seats in English local elections.

UKIP made significant advances in the English council elections, almost doubling their number of seats, and, more notably, the Welsh Assembly, coming from holding no seats at all, to capturing seven.

Results have been declared at 78 out of 124 English councils to declare so far, showing the Conservatives and Lib Dems picking up seats, while Labour and the Greens losing out.

It came after Labour clung on in the English council elections with few losses despite claims more than 100 seats would vanish.

186 (1) A person, other than a person appointed under section 193, shall not take a seat on city council until the person takes the declaration of office in the English or French version of the form established by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for that purpose.