Local council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 shows.
Not exact matches
The full
results of the
local elections won't be known until Friday evening, as some
councils don't start the count until the day after polling...
Local council elections in England mostly
result from the London Government Act 1963 and
Local Government Act 1972.
On the basis of this
result, a
local charity had organised
elections in each of Mahra's provinces to identify 260 delegates who were to attend a Congress in the capital, al - Ghayda, to elect The Mahra
Council.
We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these
results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative
council, a place where I launched our
local election campaign.»
In the 2014
local elections, Berry was elected to the Highgate ward of Camden London Borough
Council, holding the seat of outgoing Green councillor Maya De Souza in a split
result for the ward.
As well as the obvious point that
councils spend billions of pounds on important public services, an unexpectedly good or bad
local election result can have an important psychological effect on a party.
The demand comes in the wake of disastrous
election results, which saw the Lib Dems punished in
local councils and an overwhelming rejection of AV.
With
local elections being held all over the country on May 2nd, these
results do not look good for the Tories, who will be defending their control of 26 county
councils and three unitary authorities in England in addition to the mayoralty of North Tyneside.
Some see
local election results as pointers for the coming national political fights, but others say they are more about
council tax and bins and other services.
Counting will start at 10 pm across the Anglia region in the
local council election with
results coming through in the early hours of Friday.
Results in scores of
councils could be delayed after next month's
local election, as problems with new vote - checking software emerge.
The announcement follows a night of indifferent
election results for Labour in
local council by -
elections.
The Conservatives gained control of five
councils and Labour lost two in the first sets of
results from the
local and mayoral
elections.
6.32 pm: Ikosi Isheri LCDA Orile Ikosi Ward D Chairmanship Accord 34 APC 11 L.P. 1 PDP 11 Chairmanship Ward B APC 24, PDP 8 ACCORD 8 L.P 1 6.10 pm: PU10, WDA4 Lagos Island LG Chairmanship APC 178 PDP 0 LP 2 Councilor APC 183 PDP 0 LP 3 6 pm: OLORUNDA LCDA MOROGBO Musa Rasak Steady Unit Chairmanship APC 589 PDP 52 ACCORD 57 Councilor APC 594 PDP 42 ACCORD 38 5.32 pm: Amuwo - odofin
Election Results PU036 Chairmanship LP 20 APC 12 5.30 pm: Amuwo - odofin
Election Results PU035 Chairmanship LP 11 PDP 3 APC 3 5 pm
Results in PU AD1, Ward F, Ifelodun
local council Councilor APC 41 Labour 18 PDP 25 Chairmanship APC 45 PDP 29 Labour 10 4.45 pm:
Results collated so far in Ojokoro LCDA Ward E PU002.
Citing
local council by -
elections is normally a festival of cherry picking — there are a handful or so each week and
results vary wildly, so it is simple to pick out only those that paint a positive picture for a party.
Last week, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) released the final
results of the 2017
Local Government
Elections conducted to elect chairmen and councilors of the 17
council areas and 260 electoral wards in the state, respectively.
That relationship deteriorated even further in the wake of a recent
local council by -
election result which saw an 11 per cent swing to Labour.
Despite a strong showing in some held
councils, Liberal Democrats are today reflecting on another bitterly disappointing set of
local election results with the number of Lib Dem councillors likely to fall below 3000 for the first time ever.
The huge No2AV operation merant Conservative HQ was fighting at a close - to - general -
election pace and that energisation of the Tory vote explains much better than expected
local council results.
The 2006
result was one of Labour's worst
local election results in London, with its share of the vote (30.1 %), its number of
council seats (684) and number of
councils (7) all at their lowest levels since 1968.
The
local election results are a consequence of the Government's disregard for the mounting pressure faced by
councils «and the pain it is causing their residents», according to Steve Houghton, a Labour councillor and chair of SIGOMA, the collective voice of urban areas representing many of the large towns and cities in the Northern, Midland and South Coast regions of England.
The Tories and Labour suffered today as voters turned to Ukip in the
local elections, with the two largest parties in Westminster losing control of
councils as a
result of gains for Nigel Farage's «people's army».
As the
local election results come in and Ukip's numbers continue to look remarkable, the rest of us should maybe pause for thought and realise that something rather sobering is afoot, as happened in the 2012 county
council elections, only more so.
Local election results so far show the Conservatives have made a net gain of 27 seats across the West Midlands region, with Labour losing control of Nuneaton and Bedworth
Council.
Labour councillor Baggy Shanker said the
local election results show people in Derby have had enough of cuts to
council services.
I was somewhat surprised by this
result, seeing how well the Tories did in the
local council elections for Derbyshire County Council in this area a few wee
council elections for Derbyshire County
Council in this area a few wee
Council in this area a few weeks ago.
The use of at - large
elections frequently
results in one party winning all of the seats on a
council, and this situation tends to make the
local elections a popular referendum on the performance of the party in power at the national level.