Sentences with phrase «in overall control of the council»

The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

The Conservatives stayed in overall control of the council by gaining two seats.

The Conservatives remained in overall control of the council with a total of 41 seats.

The Conservatives remained in overall control of the council with a reduced total of 34 seats.

[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

The Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.

Not exact matches

Of the 33 English County and Unitary Councils with elections in May, the Labour Party hold 3 councils, Conservatives 16, and 14 have No Overall Councils with elections in May, the Labour Party hold 3 councils, Conservatives 16, and 14 have No Overall councils, Conservatives 16, and 14 have No Overall Control.

In England and Wales the system is also still used to elect local councillors and here «no overall control» situations frequently occur, where either a coalition of parties runs the council, or the largest party assumes control without a majority.

Of the 32 Scottish Councils with elections in May, the Labour Party hold 4 councils, SNP 2, Independents 3, and 23 have No Overall Councils with elections in May, the Labour Party hold 4 councils, SNP 2, Independents 3, and 23 have No Overall councils, SNP 2, Independents 3, and 23 have No Overall Control.

Of the 21 Welsh Councils with elections in May, the Labour Party hold 10 councils, Independents 2, and 9 have No Overall Councils with elections in May, the Labour Party hold 10 councils, Independents 2, and 9 have No Overall councils, Independents 2, and 9 have No Overall Control.

Whilst failing to win any outright overall control in any council area in Scotland, the SNP emerged as the largest political group in sixteen councils, including Glasgow City Council, knocking the Scottish Labour Party out of power in Glasgow for the first time sinccouncil area in Scotland, the SNP emerged as the largest political group in sixteen councils, including Glasgow City Council, knocking the Scottish Labour Party out of power in Glasgow for the first time sincCouncil, knocking the Scottish Labour Party out of power in Glasgow for the first time since 1980.

The Conservatives gained control of councils in Peterborough, Southend and Basildon, and saw a small swing in their favour outside the capital, but lost Trafford, their flagship council in the North West, to no overall control.

The party lost its first council of the night (to No Overall Control) after the Tories snatched four seats in Dudley, West Midlands.

But Labour did lose control of one council in Dudley and unlike under most previous opposition leaders, failed to make any overall gains.

Barely half the people in Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney voted in 2015, the lowest turnout in Wales, and Labour lost overall control of the council in Keir Hardie's heartland last month.

Trafford district council in Greater Manchester, which Labour held only during the absolute peak of New Labour's support between 1996 and 2002, went to no overall control from a Conservative majority, with Labour's nine - seat swing not enough to take it.

Trafford MBC's former Conservative leader Sean Anstee has said campaigning by hundreds of activists from outside the area was an important «contributory factor» in his party losing overall control of the council - but said it is not «cut and dry» Labour will take control after becoming the largest group.

But the most significant result of the night was surely that in Barnet, where the Tories in midterm, in London, actually regained a council that they recently lost to No Overall Control.

The Conservative Party has retained overall control of Hampshire County Council in the local elections.

The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council, with a slightly reduced majority after losing two seats overall.

Then the council elections in Oxfordshire saw the Conservatives lose 14 seats and overall control of the council.

Because the council fell into no overall control, for the first time in the London Borough of Bromley history it was taken over by a Liberal Democrat / Labour Coalition.

The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council, instead overtaken in number of seats by the Labour Party, without any absolute majority.

In the election the Conservatives required a 7 % swing to become the largest party and a 9 % swing to gain overall control of the council.

Some of the councils that elect in this way can not possibly change overall control, because the existing majority for the controlling party is larger than the number of councillors they could lose.

Ellis and his defence counsel, James Camp, argued the lawyer, who served on Toronto city council first in 1991 for Ward 9 and won re-election in 1994 before losing in 1997, was a man who was «spinning out of control» at the time due to his intense work schedule, inability to sleep and overall drive to succeed while suffering from a bipolar disorder and chaotic bouts of hypomania.