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« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2015, 05:13:13 PM »

The everyone but Conservative gouvernance in Norfolk County (to return to the old committee system) and the Portsmouth Con-Lab-UKIP coalition comes to my mind.

Mind, those two were to get rid of a long-running administration.
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« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2015, 06:48:58 PM »

Since the count is over hopefully BBC comes up with the implied vote share from the local elections.  Looking at the seat count it seems the LD meltdown at the local level is more contained.  They "only" lost 1/3 of their seats.   UKIP gained some seats but not that much and the level of gains about the same as 2013 and 2014.  I would be interested in what the implied UKIP vote share is.
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« Reply #27 on: May 10, 2015, 02:51:03 AM »

I doubt it; the Beeb aren't even giving new council compositions.  Terrible.

Greater Manchester councils (from yesterday's MEN):

The redwash in Manchester is now complete: Lab 96.  Lab regained Moston from a councillor who was elected under their label but left when the council granted planning permission for a non-league football stadium in his ward.

No changes in Salford.

The Lib Dems have fallen back in Stockport, losing the two Marple wards and Stepping Hill to the Tories.  The Tories and Labour regained seats from defectors in Bramhall South and Davenport respectively, but the Labour to Lib Dem defector in Manor was re-elected under his new colours.  New composition is LD 26 Lab 21 C 13 Heald Green Ratepayers 3.

The Tories increased their majority in Trafford, gaining Broadheath from Labour.

Labour have increased their majority in Rochdale, losing Milnrow to the Lib Dems but gaining Healey from the Tories and Central Rochdale from a defector.

No changes in Oldham or Tameside.

Labour lost ground in Bury, gaining Radcliffe East from a defector but losing Elton to the Tories and Holyrood to the Lib Dems.

In Bolton Labour also lost ground, gaining Hulton from the Tories but losing back to them one of the seats in Westhoughton North (which was a double-header).  UKIP gained Little Lever from Labour [vomits].

Finally, in Wiggin Labour gained Atherton and Bryn from independents while losing Lowton East to the Conservatives.
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« Reply #28 on: May 10, 2015, 06:31:24 AM »

North Warwickshire: Con 22, Lab 13 (Con GAIN from Lab)
Sedgemoor: Con 35, Lab 10, UKIP 2, Lib Dem 1 (Con HOLD)
St. Edmundsbury: Con 36, UKIP 4, Lab 2, Ind 2, Green 1 (Con HOLD)
Stratford upon Avon: Con 31, Lib Dem 3, Lab 1, Ind 1 (Con win on new boundaries)
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« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2015, 09:30:47 AM »


Weird. Is there a story to that?
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« Reply #30 on: May 10, 2015, 08:35:10 PM »

Why is it after 3 days 11 Councils have not released results.  I assume it is because they do not count on the weekend and they were too busy counting Thursday and Friday the national election votes ?  Even then the speed seems very slow.
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« Reply #31 on: May 10, 2015, 09:30:14 PM »

Why is it after 3 days 11 Councils have not released results.  I assume it is because they do not count on the weekend and they were too busy counting Thursday and Friday the national election votes ?  Even then the speed seems very slow.

Indeed, they began counting local elections on Friday, but couldn't (venue has been rented to someone else) or wouldn't (you see, overtime pay) count durinng the weekend.
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« Reply #32 on: May 10, 2015, 09:58:07 PM »

Why is it after 3 days 11 Councils have not released results.  I assume it is because they do not count on the weekend and they were too busy counting Thursday and Friday the national election votes ?  Even then the speed seems very slow.

More details on that.

Of those 11 councils, 10 only lack results for one ward. 5 of them will have to wait another month, as the election in those was postponed due to a candidate dying. The 5 other are needing a recount for a ward, done on Monday.

The other council, Middlebrough, had a terribly badly managed mayoral election and so they lacked time to count local elections in 5 wards. They will finish on Monday.
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« Reply #33 on: May 11, 2015, 02:38:49 AM »


The UKIP candidate is one Sean Hornby, who is a former Labour councillor for the ward.  He got thrown out of Labour after the Bolton South East CLP campaign fund for 2010 mysteriously disappeared while he was treasurer.

UKIP won here in 2014 as well with an even more charming candidate.  I couldn't vote that year because I moved into the ward after the registration deadline.
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« Reply #34 on: May 14, 2015, 06:41:04 AM »

Is the BBC going to calculate a projected national vote shares like in previous years.  It would be interesting to see the UKIP result since that number would be less effected by UKIP voter tactical voting when compared to the Parliamentary vote. 
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« Reply #35 on: May 16, 2015, 07:56:31 PM »

The Continuity SDP lost their last seat in Bridlington. To UKIP.
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« Reply #36 on: May 16, 2015, 08:50:14 PM »

The Continuity SDP lost their last seat in Bridlington. To UKIP.

Well, "lost". They weren't defending it and I think lost it really during a by-election in late 2014.
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« Reply #37 on: May 17, 2015, 01:40:53 PM »



Winning party by ward for the boroughs in the old West Midlands metropolitan county.
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« Reply #38 on: May 18, 2015, 01:21:07 PM »



And the same for the West Yorkshire boroughs.

Much to note, but it appears that we were biradaried in Keighley Central.
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« Reply #39 on: May 18, 2015, 06:40:48 PM »



And now the boroughs of Greater Manchester. Note that there was a double vacancy in Westhoughton North & Chew Moor that split 1 Tory, 1 Labour: the ward is coloured in blue as the Tories polled more votes.
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« Reply #40 on: May 19, 2015, 02:17:27 PM »



And for those for South Yorkshire SSR. Note that Doncaster had all out elections on new ward boundaries. There were three split wards: I have coloured them according to the party that topped the poll.
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« Reply #41 on: May 19, 2015, 07:39:49 PM »

Remember this from last year?

Does anyone here remember Alan Amos? The right-wing Conservative MP for Hexham who quit the Commons at the 1992 election after an 'incident' on Hampstead Heath, and who later defected to Labour in the mid 1990s after claiming to have Seen The Light? And who was then a Labour councillor in Tower Hamlets until he lost his seat in 2006? And who re-emerged as a councillor in Worcester a few years later?

Well this lacks dignity.

The beloved and respected Mr Amos has now gone all the way and re-joined the Conservative Party.
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« Reply #42 on: May 19, 2015, 09:58:56 PM »

Regards the West Midlands ward maps, 2 things stagger me: The poor performance of the Conservatives in Northeast Wolverhampton, where they usually have a sure foothold in Bushbury North and Wednesfield, AND their superb performance yards over the municipal boundary in Walsall North. When was the last time the Tories won in either Short Heath or Willenhall North, local LibDem & UKIP strongholds?
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« Reply #43 on: May 20, 2015, 12:20:25 PM »



And the Merseyside soviets.
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« Reply #44 on: May 20, 2015, 12:25:10 PM »

When was the last time the Tories won in either Short Heath or Willenhall North, local LibDem & UKIP strongholds?

Not sure, but it's always been obvious that much of the local LibDem vote there voted Tory in General Elections.
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« Reply #45 on: May 20, 2015, 12:33:36 PM »

Doing the Wirral part of the map reminded me that the inclusion of Upton in Wirral West is basically electoral trolling.
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« Reply #46 on: May 20, 2015, 01:11:28 PM »

Doing the Wirral part of the map reminded me that the inclusion of Upton in Wirral West is basically electoral trolling.

Labour hadn't won WW on its current boundaries since 2001 right? Surely that's the only seat of its kind.
Ilford North.
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« Reply #47 on: May 21, 2015, 02:02:45 PM »

Results in Stoke-on-Trent:



The unpopular Labour administration held onto more seats than expected, only narrowly failing to retain its majority. But all of the other groups have decided to form a rag-tag-and-bobtail coalition together. Those who have followed the wonder that is local politics in Stoke over the years will already know exactly what will happen next...
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« Reply #48 on: May 21, 2015, 02:08:18 PM »

Wait, Stoke has a mix of multi-member and single-member wards? That doesn't seem like.... a good idea.
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« Reply #49 on: May 21, 2015, 02:14:12 PM »

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England moves in mysterious ways.
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