Council by-election results
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moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Looks like none in coventry. Must be our "off year".
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Could well be the off year for a lot of people following today's news!
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Local government reform (see English Devolution White Paper: Power and partnership: Foundations for growth for the white paper; Labour's proposed local government re-organisation for thread)
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Oh yeah i did read about that. See what you mean. I doubt those changes would happen by the may 2025 election though?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
No, but that's the point; if an area is declared to be up for re=organisation before that point then the elections due for the out-going administrations won't take place.
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
And guess what, the "15 minute city" wazzocks have accused the government of denying democracy, gerrymandering, all of that. Reform has suggested that their leading the polls is why elections will not happen next year. Tin foil bollocks.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Ok gotcha.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
No defence of the faux outrage but, in opposition, the LP would doubtless have said the same.
ska invita
back on the other side
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Classic territory. Even by Sittingbourne standards, the creekside ward is deprived; almost all of it in the top 3 levels of the Index of Multiple Deprivation and has previously elected UKIP councillors. Turnout an abysmal 17% which was 8% down on the previous local. The only consolation is that these 272 refUKer supporters only amount to 6% of the electorate, but they are the biggest group that bothered to vote on a dank `Thursday before Xmas. A depressing result from a depressing area.
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BusLanes
Pedestrian
I don't really think we can predict too much about 2026 London elections now, but it would be pretty fucking brutal for Labour if they lost 20% of their vote share across the city where they hold wards. Hell, or even 10%.
They got 57% of the vote in Greenwich in 2022 last time, taking all but 3 of the councillors, with the Tories at 2, with 3.
They got 57% of the vote in Greenwich in 2022 last time, taking all but 3 of the councillors, with the Tories at 2, with 3.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Yeah, but peoples' voting behaviour in council by-elections is rarely a useful predictor in how they might in wider, whole administration votes.
BusLanes
Pedestrian
Oh absolutely.
But there have been enough this year since the general that it's reasonable to think it would have an impact.
But in London's case we don't have any till 26 so who knows where Labour will be then.
I do think it is reasonable to think that Labour has been pretty popular in a lot of Inner/Central London boroughs for 15 years or so and to conclude that their time in government so far indicates that they have reached their high point
BusLanes
Pedestrian
LDs seem to have won North Devon easily enough over the defending Tories, 38 to 32%.
They have the constituency too now, so that probably helps.
Dystopiary
All this aristocracy has really got to stop.
I don't usually follow these - is that an unusual amount of resignations?
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
With local councils it's not a full time paid job and councilors may need to move elsewhere for a new job (or maybe their partner does) so it's probably quite commen. Of course you get deaths/health issues as well.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Another reason of course could be councilors with ambitions to become mp's moving to an area where their party has more chance.
Dystopiary
All this aristocracy has really got to stop.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Then again you get councillors who are elected as MPs and won't given up their councillor role
Jim Dickson (politician) - Wikipedia
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
(I get these lists from VoteUK, the difference between 'resigned' and "no longer a councillor/removed from list of councillors" is usually an announcement or press release or something comes out to explain why a Cllr has left their job; if there's no explanation or confirmation, then the latter tag is used rather than "resigned". See, messageboards of all kinds have rules and regulations as though the Internet hasn't really changed at all)
