UK local elections, May 2018 (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
June 03, 2024, 10:05:58 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Other Elections - Analysis and Discussion
  International Elections (Moderators: afleitch, Hash)
  UK local elections, May 2018 (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: UK local elections, May 2018  (Read 15736 times)
YL
YorkshireLiberal
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 3,614
United Kingdom


« on: February 02, 2018, 08:40:25 AM »


The big draw will be in London. Now the last London elections were already pretty good for Labour, with its best results in a few decades and taking control of Hammersmith, Harrow, Croydon, Redbridge and Merton; apparently targets this time around will include Barnet, Tower Hamlets (from the Lutfur Raham aligned independent group), Hillingdon, Wandsworth, Westminster and the notorious Kensington and Chelsea council of Grenfell infamy.

I'd be utterly astonished if Labour took control of Kensington & Chelsea.  They should win every seat in the North Kensington area around Grenfell itself, but in southern Kensington and Chelsea they were miles behind last time everywhere except Earl's Court and Chelsea Riverside, and even those two weren't particularly close and wouldn't be enough.  The Council may be a literal disaster area but even the combination of that and Brexit isn't going to make the sort of people who vote in Chelsea and South Kensington vote Labour.  There might be a third party challenge, though.
Logged
YL
YorkshireLiberal
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 3,614
United Kingdom


« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 03:56:19 PM »

Sheffield maps.  A tricky night for Labour, losing seats to both the Lib Dems and Greens, though picking one up from UKIP.  Labour are still fairly safely in control of the Council, though.

Winning party and lead:


Party shares:






Logged
YL
YorkshireLiberal
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 3,614
United Kingdom


« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2018, 01:38:12 AM »


The city at war over its trees - BBC News

Sheffield City Council is carrying out a programme of tree felling as a part of a £2.2bn contract with private firm Amey.
The move has prompted an angry response from some parts of the community but others want the work to go ahead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUT5Al1JdPQ

^^
Perhaps this might've hurt Labour ?

Without a doubt, at least in the areas the Greens did well in and the adjacent Hallam wards such as Crookes & Crosspool and Ecclesall.  The Green councillor who won by a mile in Nether Edge & Sharrow is heavily involved in the campaign, and a lot of people feel the Council have been bullying her.

BTW next door, in Barnsley, the Lib Dems won a ward (Penistone West) where they hadn't even stood since 2012 and not before then since 2004; this was the first Lib Dem win in Barnsley since 2008.  The Lib Dems are of course known for occasional spectacular wins in unexpected places, but this was odd because it was a Labour/Tory marginal, so it appears that they managed to ambush both at the same time.  The winning candidate was also the Lib Dem candidate in the South Yorkshire mayoral election.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.023 seconds with 10 queries.