• Very disappointed by the pessimistic analysis from the Guardian of
the local election results in England for Labour.
One of the problems with the Bristol
local election results in the past has been their bizarre arrangement of having 2 member wards on a 3 year cycle.
Tories ahead by 1220 in
local election results in Gedling district.
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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.
Westminster by - election swings are way down on 2011 — the last proper comparator — and
the local election results in May were just very, very poor indeed.
Labour won its best
local election results in London — and the Tories their worst results — since 1971.
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.
More 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.
Besides, while Facebook's role
in election interference
in the 2016 US
elections is merited, the company's problems abroad are far more disconcerting — especially where
local regulations aren't as effective and can
result in violence and death.
Ireland had just had an
election then, and the newly elected Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (now triumphing over his referendum
result)
in one of his first speeches
in the Parliamentary chamber, blamed the Vatican for everything whilst the visitation was underway, thus undermining it completely — as though it were Italian or French priests and Cardinals who were guilty of the Irish abuses, conveniently letting the
locals off the hook, and redirecting the anger towards Church discipline and teaching rather than criminal individuals.
Residents living
in 88
local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales took to the polls on Thursday, with
results declared on Friday indicating a boost for Theresa May ahead of next month's General
Election.
The two appellants asked the Appellate Court to set aside the judgment of the Tribunal
in relation to the validation of
election results in 13
local government areas of the state.
It got a «very good
result»
in May's
local elections, especially for a governing party.
Local council
elections in England mostly
result from the London Government Act 1963 and
Local Government Act 1972.
However, given lax proof requirements at registration, and even laxer requirements of identity proof at the time of voting, the
results of every
local / regional
election in areas highly populated by non-citizens is
in doubt.
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.
Underwhelming
local results cast doubt on the Labour leader's prospects, but he performs more strongly
in general
election campaigns.
There are countless motivations
in general
elections and even more
in locals - the
results are reflected through a prism of
local issues,
local connections,
local parties, national politics and national issues.
In all likelihood, next year's local election results will be less bad for Labour than this year's were, perhaps showing a Conservative lead of 10 - 15 % in terms of national equivalent vote shar
In all likelihood, next year's
local election results will be less bad for Labour than this year's were, perhaps showing a Conservative lead of 10 - 15 %
in terms of national equivalent vote shar
in terms of national equivalent vote share.
The
resulting general
election year PNS then provided a robust baseline for the calculation of the PNS
in the
local elections that were held during the course of the subsequent parliament.
Hitherto, the coincidence of
local and general
election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel
local elections by comparing the
local and parliamentary
election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the
resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.
Yesterday Rob Hayward drew our attention to a House of Commons Library briefing paper, regarding the
results of the
local and mayoral
elections in May.
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 s
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 s
local election results with those
in the most recent
local elections in 2014 s
local elections in 2014 shows.
For, judging by this year's
local election results, Labour is now
in dire straits
in his own seat, Norwich South — while the Green Party is
in pole position to gain the seat.
In a number of Labour targets, constituency polls and
local election results suggest the party simply does not have enough of a lead (and sometimes none at all) over the Conservative incumbent.
The BBC's projected national share of the vote, which uses the
results in local elections to estimate the parties» standing across the country, put Labour and the Conservatives neck - and - neck on 35 % apiece.
Additionally, if we use the
results of the
local elections in 2011, when the Conservatives received 35 % of the vote, Labour 37 % and the Liberal Democrats 15 %, the
results of the predictions are very similar.
As the
results of the
Local elections began to trickle
in on Thursday night it soon became clear that the Labour Party had done well, gaining 824 councillors.
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 %.
European Parliament
elections also seem to be becoming worse predictors of general
election results (the same is not true for
local elections)-- the difference between vote shares at European and general
elections for the 1999 EP
election was 7.5, 8.5 for 2004, and 10.3
in 2009.
Labour were already concerned by the
local election results,
in which they had underperformed
in a number of their key seats.
Labour's advance on 5 May, beating the Tories
in the English
local elections, is a
result of the party's change of orientation under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
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 bringing together such a wide range of information, including candidate names, previous
election results, demographics, party funding information,
election forecasts, and information about constituency history, the Dashboard is the most comprehensive data source for citizens seeking to find out more about their
local area.
In 1985 the Labour - Conservative
local election lead was almost the same as this year's
results (39 - 32), but the Conservatives won the 1987 general
election 38 - 32.
Although
local election and general
election results tend to be quite similar to begin with (the two are 90 % correlated) a statistical prediction might offer a better indicator of what is likely to happen
in the future then simply taking the
results at face value.
Local elections use proportional representation, the Conservative vote share will be reflected
in the
results in terms of seats won.
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 war
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 war
in a split
result for the ward.
Democratic congressional candidate Mike Derrick has the second lowest fundraising
results, at this point, of
local congressional challengers
in six
local congressional races, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal
Election Commission.
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.
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.
Both
local and European
elections generally
result in around a third of the nation voting but there are concerns the number might slip below 25 per cent this time around.
The trigger for removing him then could be poor
results for Labour
in European and
local elections.
But he insisted it had «moved
in the right direction» amid disappointing
local election results last week as he called on his party rivals to end their sniping.
Labour's vote collapsed
in Scotland and they fell below half of the seats
in the Welsh Assembly, and the
local election results were the worst for an Opposition party
in decades
This morning Ed Miliband will be luxuriating
in the breathing space afforded by the
local election results.
Jeremy Corbyn was today warned «the clock is ticking» on his leadership after the worst set of
local election results for an Opposition party
in decades.