Sentences with phrase «lost overall control of the council»

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.

One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

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.

The Conservatives lost overall control of the council by losing four seats.

One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

The whole council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

[1] The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

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.

That meant Labour lost overall control of the council for the first time since 2012 - falling one seat short with 17.

[1] The Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

Not exact matches

While the two main parties both lost control of key councils outside the capital, Mr Corbyn's party lost Nuneaton and Bedworth - an area of Warwickshire that often indicates the colour of the government at general elections, as well as Derby, with both falling to no overall control.

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.

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 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.

I noted earlier that several of the councils that the Tories have lost to no overall control were as a direct result of the Ukip surge.

After overnight counts were completed, Labour had lost overall control of one council and a total of seven seats, while the Tories had gained nine seats and the Lib Dems had gained four.

The party gained control of Plymouth from the Conservatives as well as Kirklees, but lost control of two Midlands councils - Derby and Nuneaton and Bedworth - to no overall control.

But they lost their majorities on 10 of their councils, which moved to no overall control, as both Labour and UKIP made gains.

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.