English local elections 2011

[YL]

Labour have taken control of Leeds.  More bad results for the Lib Dems in the urban North: they only won two wards (one of which was Otley & Yeadon, which is not part of Leeds by any sensible definition) out of the eight they were defending.

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

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Wait, so where did all the other Labour gains in Lincoln come from? LDs and/or some indy group annihilated?

Lincoln is basically a two-party state.  Poor phrasing from the beeb: Labour won six wards = five holds + one gain (presumably Glebe ward).

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

BBC report Labour have gained Chesterfield from the Lib Dems.  That required a swing of over 16%.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Tory majority in Walsall is gone.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Labour have made decent gains in the Forest of Dean; up from eight seats to seventeen.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No LibDems elected in Rochdale.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Labour take Redcar & Cleveland. It may be interesting to see the ward results.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Contrasting fortunes in Lindsey... the Tories have gained North Lincolnshire from Labour (who gained it from the Tories in 2007. Weird, huh?) but Labour have made significant gains in NE Lincolnshire, vaulting from third to first.

[Leftbehind]

Labour take Redcar & Cleveland. It may be interesting to see the ward results.

Aye. Good stuff.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The BBC reports that Labour are back in control of Newcastle.

Edit: ten gains - 43-32.

[You kip if you want to...]

Losing to Labour in the North and to the Tories in the south as former Labour tactical voters unwind against them. Seems that the Tories are losing big to Labour, but making up for it with big LibDem gains.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The Red Flag flies over Bideford. Or: Labour's most random gain so far. That I've seen anyway.

[Meeker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13275291

Heh

[Filuwaúrdjan]

[minionofmidas]

Who's that?

[Meeker]

Looks like he's caught Cleggmonia

[minionofmidas]

LOL!

Bury had a draw in Ramsbottom ward. Which was decided by a drawing of lots (after two recounts). Which Labour won. Which gave them a majority on the council - 26 Labour, 20 Conservative, 5 LDs. (There were 17 seats up this year; not sure how they split but Labour made 6 gains - 3 from the Tories incl. Ramsbottom, 3 from the LDs.)

[You kip if you want to...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-watt/2011/may/06/edmiliband-nickclegg?CMP=twt_gu

[YL]

Sheffield winning party:


Lib Dem to Labour swing since 2010:

(Shades are 0 to 4%, 4% to 8%, etc., up to 16% to 20%, using the British definition of "swing")

Base map is by Jonathan Harston http://mdfs.net/Docs/Sheffield/

Low swings are in the northern parishes, where the Lib Dems did badly in 2010, and in the Lib Dem parts of Heeley constituency where they did surprisingly well (relatively) this year.

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

LOL!

Bury had a draw in Ramsbottom ward. Which was decided by a drawing of lots (after two recounts). Which Labour won. Which gave them a majority on the council - 26 Labour, 20 Conservative, 5 LDs. (There were 17 seats up this year; not sure how they split but Labour made 6 gains - 3 from the Tories incl. Ramsbottom, 3 from the LDs.)

My family live in Bury.  Here be the map:

[You kip if you want to...]

What was the vote in the Hallam constituency?

[YL]

What was the vote in the Hallam constituency?

LD 14670
Lab 10859
Con 7382
Green 4614

... which is very good for Labour.

[You kip if you want to...]

What was the vote in the Hallam constituency?

LD 14670
Lab 10859
Con 7382
Green 4614

... which is very good for Labour.

So:
Liberal Democrats 39% (-14%)
Labour 29% (+13%)
Conservatives 20% (-4%)
Greens 12% (+11%)

13.5% swing to Labour from the Liberal Democrats since the general election in May 2010.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

So that's what someone looks like going to their own funeral.

[Peter]

My local elections ward (returning 2 councillors) had 2 Tories (both incumbent), a Green and an Indie (ex LD) standing. I voted for the Green and LD. I think there's a fighting chance the Greenie could get in. The LD is a bit of a bitter hack about the coalition, so he probably won't make it.

In fact, it turns out that being a bitter LD helps ones chances. He won, as did one of the Tories.

Even more in fact, it looks as though several ex-LD indies have won seats on my council.