Not exact matches
Kerns» legislative aide, Matthew Fisher, applied to the
Council to fill the vacant
seat representing South Buffalo and
gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.
[71] The English Democrats
gained another parish
council seat when Mick Glynn was elected for the Dunsville ward of Hatfield Town Council, Don
council seat when Mick Glynn was elected for the Dunsville ward of Hatfield Town
Council, Don
Council, Doncaster.
In the wake of the elections, despite doing well in London in the
council elections and
gaining seven
seats in the European parliamentary...
During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week
gained two
seats in the City
Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.
The Liberal Democrats now control nine
councils, up four, with 536
seats — a
gain of 77.
On this basis alone we should expect both Labour and the Lib Dems to lose substantial numbers of
council seats while the Conservatives should make
gains from their 3 - point recovery.
The Liberal Democrats
gained 3
seats as they maintained their control of Cheltenham Borough
Council.
Ukip
gained their second
seat on the Humberston and New Waltham
council when candidate William Harness triumphed in the by - election held to replace Conservative councillor John Colebrook following his death in December.
[148] In the 2008 local elections they
gained 25 % of the vote, placing them ahead of Labour and increasing their control by 34 to more than 4,200
council seats — 21 % of the total number of
seats.
They eventually lost nine of their 15 councillors, allowing Labour to
gain control of the
council by taking all their
seats.
Relief that it hasn't lost more
council seats when this is the first time for more than 30 years an opposition didn't
gain is the low expectation of a stalled party.
It
gained six
seats on the Essex
council, trouncing Labour who lost four.
Ukip did
gain at least 20 English
council seats.
The BNP made a shock
gain in the latest
council by - elections, taking a Labour
seat at Sevenoaks District, Kent.
In this
council election, the Labour Party
gained two
seats; the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative lost one each.
«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.
Kerns» legislative aid, Matthew Fisher, applied to the
Council to fill the vacant
seat representing South Buffalo and
gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.
Denying the Tories overall control in Trafford (by
gaining four
council seats) was exactly as party sources were predicting.
UKIP lost all its
seats on the
council, whilst the Greens
gained a second councillor.
The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their hold on the
council by
gaining 15
seats from the Liberal Democrats.
UKIP
gained more than 150
seats in
council polls across England but it had a weak performance in London.
It has also held control of the City of Lincoln
Council,
gaining seven
seats.
Under the plans, the foreign secretary's Uxbridge & South Ruislip
seat will
gain Labour - held
council wards, making it a tight marginal that Johnson could struggle to hold.
The results saw the Conservatives
gain 2
seats to hold half of the
seats on the
council.
[3] The Conservatives remained in control of the
council with 34
seats, while Labour
gained 2
seats to have 11 councillors.
The results saw the Conservatives
gain 2
seats to hold 28
seats, level with the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties combined and leaving 4 independents holding the balance on the
council.
The Conservatives
gained four
seats and
gained a 4 -
seat majority on the
council.
Local Election Update from Beverley I am delighted that across the West Midlands we have held 30
Council seats and
gained one new
seat in these recent, very toughly contested
Council elections.
In its first municipal
council elections in 2010, the party
gained one
seat in each of the five places where it participated.
Tonight we had out Executive and I remember why I love M & M. All I promise them is months and months of hard graft but we all sense that this is our time and that we will
gain council seats and that the parliamentary
seat is within our grasp.
However, Labour came close on a night when it
gained seven
seats on a flagship Tory
council that has been known for its low
council tax and outsourcing of local services.
Justin Bernier, who Responsible Farmington is supporting for a 1st district
council seat, described the PAC as a «grass - roots organization» that has
gained support from residents, as well as candidates» friends and family.
[4] UKIP made strong
gains, winning 7
seats (their first ever
seats on the
council), and Labour also
gained seats (its
gain of three
seats being wholly at the expense of Conservatives).
The Labour Party retained its control of the
council with an increased majority after increasing its vote share by 21.7 % and
gaining three
seats from the Liberal Democrats and five from various independents.
``... By winning this
seat the Tories
gained control of the
Council which they were denied by our standing in another ward in May, when the long term incumbent and Eastern Regional Assembly member for Theydon Bois ward was ousted by 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.»
The Labour party remain the official opposition on the
council and
gained a single additional
seat.
The Conservatives stayed in overall control of the
council by
gaining two
seats.
The Liberal Democrats
gained 16
seats to leave no party with a majority on the
council, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 27 councillors.
[4][5] This left the Conservatives with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrat
gains moved them to 12
seats on the
council.
Labour has taken control of Tower Hamlets
Council after
gaining three more
seats in the St Peters ward, taking them... twitter.com/i/web/status/9...
Labour has
gained control of Tower Hamlets
council from no overall control after winning 23 of the 45
seats.
[3] The Conservatives
gained the most
seats to become the second largest party on the
council with 22
seats, after making 4
gains in Aireborough, Halton, Otley and Wharfedale and Roundhay wards.
Labour increased their majority on the
council making 16
gains and reducing the Liberal Democrats to just 1
seat on the
council.
[5] The three Labour
gains came in the wards of Chipping Norton, Witney Central and Witney East, taking the party to four
seats on the
council.
The results saw no party
gain overall control of the new
council with Labour winning 27 and the Conservatives winning 16 of the 55
seats.
He proved to be an unparalleled campaign leader in the local elections, both in 2006 (in the North Warwickshire Borough wards of Hartshill and Arley & Whitacre, when all five
seats were
gained by the Conservatives) and in May this year, when the Conservatives took control of Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough
Council for the first time ever.
[5][6] Three of the Conservative
gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped to four
seats on the
council, [5][6] with the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews in Eynsham and Cassington being one of those who were defeated at the election.
A big shift in Kingston - upon - Thames - the Lib Dems
gain the
council by taking 19
seats off the Conservatives and two from Labour
The Conservatives increased their control of the
council,
gaining four
seats to have 44 councillors.
Following this election, the
council returned to no overall control, as the sizable swing from Lib Dem to Labour allowed Labour to
gain five
seats directly from the Lib Dems, and two from earlier defections, making Labour narrowly the largest party with 43
seats to the Lib Dem's 42.