Meanwhile, the party's national deputy leader Tom Watson insisted it was not possible to «draw simple conclusions»
from the local election results across the UK.
Two years ago I developed a simple statistical model that tries to predict the outcome of general elections
from local election results.
Not exact matches
Since there are no exit polls for the referendum, unlike the general
election, this is our best gauge of voter sentiment until
results start trickling in
from local counting areas around 1 a.m. BST.
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from Mike: «Republicans in both chambers will have to contend with the
results of Tuesday's
elections, in which state and
local Republicans were drubbed by Democrats.
Local council
elections in England mostly
result from the London Government Act 1963 and
Local Government Act 1972.
Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom coalition is heading for a decisive win over the centre - left Democratic Party which is still reeling
from the disastrous
local election results which forced the resignation of opposition leader Walter Veltroni.
The early
results from the
local elections point the way to a Tory landslide, Labour pains and both Ukip and ardent Remainers facing an existential crisis
On average estimates for the national level vote at
local elections are different
from the
results of a subsequent national
election by nearly 5 %.
Whatever the
results of the
local elections today, the outcome of the next general
election is far
from a foregone conclusion.
The
local election results indicate more than ever that the antisemitism scandals under Corbyn are forcing Jews away
from the Labour Party.
So, with the
result of the Greater Manchester metro mayor
election declared, Andy Burnham completes his move
from opposition MP to
local leader.
As opinion polls and
results from local and European Parliament
elections showed, promising to abolish tuition fees at the last
election proved to be a colossal error.
The recent violence mainly
results from local tensions between the 19,000 candidates for the 500 seats in parliament and the
election campaigns of the two main presidential candidates, Etienne Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila.
Local election results tend to differ from general elections in certain predicable ways — for example incumbent government parties have tended to perform worse on average at local elections than their eventual general election results by about 4
Local election results tend to differ
from general
elections in certain predicable ways — for example incumbent government parties have tended to perform worse on average at
local elections than their eventual general election results by about 4
local elections than their eventual general
election results by about 4.5 %.
The comments come as the Liberal Democrats reel
from a horrific series of
election results, where they were wiped out in the
local elections in England as well as the Scottish parliamentary and Welsh Assembly
elections.
When analysts extrapolate
from by -
election results to national projections they ignore the peculiarities of Britain's
local regions.
Alhaji Sabo Garba, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee in the state, announced the
result in Gombe on Saturday after the
election by the congress
from Bayo and Shani
local government areas of Borno.
William Hague has dismissed calls
from Tories on the right of the party, including one minister, for Downing Street to respond to its poor performance in the
local election results by tacking to the right.
As with some other constituencies that have produced sensational
election results,
from Lincoln (1973) to Blaenau Gwent (2005), the trust between a loyal, almost tribal, electorate and the
local party was snapped.
After the first round of
election in seven out of the eight
local government areas of the state,
results from INEC have confirmed the contest as a two - horse - race between the Dickson and Sylva.
The Conservatives gained control of five councils and Labour lost two in the first sets of
results from the
local and mayoral
elections.
The commissioner also asked if the
local election results from yesterday where hydrofracking played a key role in races in Otsego, Sullivan, and Tompkins County.
The first
results from yesterday's
local elections compounded the crisis surrounding Downing Street, with the party losing 23 seats and holding just 20.
While Fayemi wanted the
results of the
election so far cast by delegates
from five
local governments upheld, the state APC Chairman, Chief Jide Awe, called for the immediate cancellation of the exercise.
All
results are now in
from Thursday's
local elections, with Labour suffering its worst
results for decades.
Conservative leader David Cameron has claimed the
results from last night's
local elections mark a «big moment» for his party.
The first
results have come in
from the
local elections, with the Lib Dems taking Bristol - the only major city which voted.
New Home Secretary Alan Johnson may have raised the idea in a bid to appeal to voters ahead of disastrous
local and European
election results for Labour, but there is very little evidence of an appetite in government for changing the voting system
from first past the post to real proportional representation.
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from London boroughs, postponed
elections and by - elections) is from Local Elections Archive Project (LEAP) © Andrew Teale, adapted for reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - Sharealike 3.0 Unported
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elections) is from Local Elections Archive Project (LEAP) © Andrew Teale, adapted for reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - Sharealike 3.0 Unported
elections) is
from Local Elections Archive Project (LEAP) © Andrew Teale, adapted for reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - Sharealike 3.0 Unported
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While Fayemi wanted the
results of the
election so far cast by delegates
from five
local governments upheld, the state APC Chairman, Chief Jide Awe, called for the cancellation of the exercise.
As the
local election results continue to come in, the BBC's Jeremy Vine analyses the figures
from the BBC's virtual studio.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire
from within his own party after last night's
local election results.
That's about average for off - year
local elections, way short of predictions
from advocates of single - member districts, who had argued that replacing multi-member districts with one - on - one contests voters would
result in better - known candidates and greater voter participation.
Andrew Sparrow has to sleep sometimes (he'll be back at 5.30 am on Friday), so this is Claire Phipps: I will be blogging through the night, scooping up
local election results as they land, and relaying insights
from our team of reporters across England.
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Local election results in full • Election results map • Round up of some of the best web comment • Eight things we've learnt from the local e
election results in full •
Election results map • Round up of some of the best web comment • Eight things we've learnt from the local e
Election results map • Round up of some of the best web comment • Eight things we've learnt
from the
local elec
local elections
The fallout in the Labour Party
from the Scottish and
local election results continues.
From the early hours of the morning until late Friday, the
results of London's
local elections will be announced over a 17 - hour period.
So far as the English
Local Elections go - it's a major extension of control of English Local Government for the Conservative Party, but following on from results in 2003 that were still before Labour were hit by a backlash over the War in Iraq - if the Conservatives had failed to advance from 35 % in 2003 and Labour had held it's vote of 30 % then it would have been remarkable, it's still slightly up on 2006 for the Conservatives and Labour have only recovered marginally so far - it's a sign of continued revival of the Conservative Party, but also of a Labour revival, disappointing news for the Liberal Democrats who lost support even compared with last year where elections were fought, heavy losses of support nationally compared
Elections go - it's a major extension of control of English
Local Government for the Conservative Party, but following on
from results in 2003 that were still before Labour were hit by a backlash over the War in Iraq - if the Conservatives had failed to advance
from 35 % in 2003 and Labour had held it's vote of 30 % then it would have been remarkable, it's still slightly up on 2006 for the Conservatives and Labour have only recovered marginally so far - it's a sign of continued revival of the Conservative Party, but also of a Labour revival, disappointing news for the Liberal Democrats who lost support even compared with last year where
elections were fought, heavy losses of support nationally compared
elections were fought, heavy losses of support nationally compared to 2003.
• Very disappointed by the pessimistic analysis
from the Guardian of the
local election results in England for Labour.
Since 2007, quantum key distribution (QKD) has been used to send the
results of Swiss
elections securely
from local centres to the State of Geneva's central data repository.