2021 Local elections
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Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
labour won easily here (armley - leeds - low income, not particularly diverse, not studenty at all, very working class). Greens a pretty solid third. Who knew there so many young professional woke warriors out there in the back to backs and council tower blocs?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
wokingham council - tory hold
net gain of 2 seats for the limp dems, loss of one each for tories and labour, although 3 wards went tory to LD, and 1 from labour to tory
LD held local seat (labour usually fairly distant 3rd here, didn't even get any communication from them - think the local effort was in to holding on to existing seats)
meh
police thingy not yet called - likely to stay tory
even more meh
net gain of 2 seats for the limp dems, loss of one each for tories and labour, although 3 wards went tory to LD, and 1 from labour to tory
LD held local seat (labour usually fairly distant 3rd here, didn't even get any communication from them - think the local effort was in to holding on to existing seats)
meh
police thingy not yet called - likely to stay tory
even more meh
The notoriously woke metropolitan elite of Jarrow, Hebburn and South Shields elected Greens to South Tyneside Council as well.
discokermit
Well-Known Member
in the west midlands mayoral election, the blairite lost. in the police commisioner election, the corbynite black lives matter supporter has won.
In Rotherham the Tories have gone from no seats on Rotherham borough council to twenty.
Labour have retained control.
Rotherham: Large Tory gains in council all-out election Rotherham: Large Tory gains in council all-out election
Labour have retained control.
Rotherham: Large Tory gains in council all-out election Rotherham: Large Tory gains in council all-out election
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Lost Southampton as well
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Do the greens still have seats in Wortley? That one always surprised me, but I think the councillors (husband and wife) are well known locally and work hard for it, there’s still quite a lot of that type of politics around.
The Armley Labour councillors were a pretty sound lot when I lived there, quite attentive and helpful if you contacted them. Janet Harper was always a bit condescending but think she’s retired now. Jim was really good old school type, his son has taken over his seat, think Alison Lowe has gone as she’s moved out of the area, at one time she was in line for the MP slot but they parachuted Reeves in unfortunately - fucking shame as Alison would have been great, quite gobby and plain speaking, worked really hard doing a lot of community stuff and lived right in the middle of it all. An ex of mine (Lou) is now a councillor and is really engaged with the area, lives down on the aviaries. Wish more councillors were like these, not creepy business owner/landlord types in it for themselves.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
There were four PCC candidates here so the boxes on the ballot allowed me to spell out 'ACAB' very nicely.
Take that society, etc.
Take that society, etc.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Hah! I know Lou well! Dont know what the result was in wortley.
discokermit
Well-Known Member
liam byrne got 244,009 in the first round for mayor and 267,626 overall. simon foster got 276,743 for police thing and 301,406 overall. thats thirty odd thousand people who despite having got to the polling station and having the ballot paper in their hand and having voted for foster still couldnt bear to vote for byrne.
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
hahaha
hadn't noticed that
hadn't noticed that
In other news, Saj Malik was re-elected to Oxford City Council as an independent. Started as a Lib Dem in 2004, defected to Labour and was suspended by them in 2019 after getting a Domestic Violence Protection Order against him. 578 people voted for him ffs. 
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
For some strange reason, they only started counting here yesterday, and there's been a big surprise for Labour.
Labour gained their first seat on Worthing Borough Council in 2017, in over 40 years, and have gone on to add a few more since, as we only elect a third of the borough council each time, they currently hold 10 out of 37. The delayed elections from last year haven't been counted yet, as they were counting the county council ones yesterday, so it'll be interesting to see if they make more gains.
Especially as there's been a big surprise in the West Sussex County Council election, which is still held by the Tories, but that big surprise was that Labour gained five out of nine seats in Worthing, four from the Tories and one from the Lib Dems. They are the first such seats held by Labour in Worthing.
Labour gained their first seat on Worthing Borough Council in 2017, in over 40 years, and have gone on to add a few more since, as we only elect a third of the borough council each time, they currently hold 10 out of 37. The delayed elections from last year haven't been counted yet, as they were counting the county council ones yesterday, so it'll be interesting to see if they make more gains.
Especially as there's been a big surprise in the West Sussex County Council election, which is still held by the Tories, but that big surprise was that Labour gained five out of nine seats in Worthing, four from the Tories and one from the Lib Dems. They are the first such seats held by Labour in Worthing.
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Mayor of Bristol:
Tom Baldwin - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 3,194 votes
Robert Vernon Clarke - Reform UK – 806 votes
Sean Patrick Donnelly – Independent - 4,956 votes
Dr. Caroline Gooch - Liberal Democrat - 15,517 votes
Sandy Hore-Ruthven - Green Party - 36,331 votes
John Langley – Independent - 1,528 votes
Marvin Jonathan Rees - Labour Party - 50,510 votes
Oska Damon Shaw – 389 votes
Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson - Conservative Party - 25,816 votes
Second round:
Sandy Hore-Ruthven - Green Party – 9,322 = 45,653
Marvin Jonathan Rees – Labour Party – 8,766 = 59,276
Marvin Rees re-elected as mayor of Bristol for the next three years
Tom Baldwin - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 3,194 votes
Robert Vernon Clarke - Reform UK – 806 votes
Sean Patrick Donnelly – Independent - 4,956 votes
Dr. Caroline Gooch - Liberal Democrat - 15,517 votes
Sandy Hore-Ruthven - Green Party - 36,331 votes
John Langley – Independent - 1,528 votes
Marvin Jonathan Rees - Labour Party - 50,510 votes
Oska Damon Shaw – 389 votes
Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson - Conservative Party - 25,816 votes
Second round:
Sandy Hore-Ruthven - Green Party – 9,322 = 45,653
Marvin Jonathan Rees – Labour Party – 8,766 = 59,276
Marvin Rees re-elected as mayor of Bristol for the next three years
ruffneck23
front left
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Crawley is a hollow shell. Pilots working in Boots.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Crawley is in West Sussex, not Surrey.
ruffneck23
front left
Yes, indeed I worked there for a few years up until last August, but in my little town 30 mins away, a true blue rinse area , the Tory support is waning
TBF they still won but only just , and that is not really heard of around here.
Is there an element of what's been happening in places like High Wycombe, Middlesex etc where people moving out of London are bringing their voting habits with them rather than changing them to suit their move?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I think the Tories will be shitting themselves before Worthing Borough Council results are declared today, having seen Labour take those 5 out of 9 seats in the town's county council election, 4 gains from the Tories & 1 from the LibDems.
Labour has 10 out of 37 seats on the borough council, and looking at the 13 seats up for election this year, I think they will take 5 or 6, more than that and it could end-up being 'no overall control', with 2 or 3 LibDems holding the balance of power, never thought that would happen here!
ruffneck23
front left
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
It’s nearby. Or something but yes.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Leafster
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I don't think this is anything new. I remember it being discussed on a thread about the last local elections.
It seems to be the growth of independents and Residents Associations. Here's the County Council graphical results from Surrey CC.
The residents aren't happy about the planning quotas imposed by central government.
My own District Council (Tandridge) went from Tory to NOC last time around as a result of the growth of an RA in the south of the district campaigning about a possible Garden Village. Tandridge remained NOC this time too.
I haven't done any rigorous numerical analysis on the underlying figures but I suspect many of the RA & Independent votes would switch to the Tories in a Westminster election. At a local level, I think the votes for RAs and Independents (where they haven't won) have split the Tory vote allowing the second place parties (LibDem, Labour and Greens) to pick up seats on the County and District Councils.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
In Kent the monolithic 'blue wall' is also losing some motar, if not bricks:
The vermin lost 6 seats, down to 61 from 67 last time, with loses with the LDs chipping away at the MC/Uni-town vote in Canterbury South and Sevenoaks Town. The Swale Independents took Swale West and the LP took some areas of greater deprivation like Folkestone East and Dartford North East and the Greens took seats in Swale East and Tonbridge.
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