Local Elections May 5th 2022

[chilango]

Labour hold all three in Abbey Ward, Reading. Again, Greens overtake Tories to 2nd place.

 

[cupid_stunt]

4th Lab gain, taking a LD seat, leaving just one lonely LimpDem on Worthing council.

 

[Elpenor]

Not any more. Boundary changes seem to have shifted it to straddle the river from what I can make out.

Interesting, I can see that being more of a Labour voting area

 

[Spandex]

figure ive seen so far is turnout is projected to be down about 1.5%-2% on the last similiar election

Another beautiful theory murdered by a brutal gang of facts

You're right that local council elections have always had a low turnout. Here's the turnouts since 1973 (years with a higher turnout are when they're held at the same time as a general election):

This election doesn’t look unusually low in turnout. I just wanted a rant about the diminution of local authorities.

 

[chilango]

Interesting, I can see that being more of a Labour voting area

Yeah, maybe. Boundary changes have confused me a bit.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Labour has just taken their first seat from the Tories in Worthing, with a massive majority 832 (1686 to 854 votes)!

Considering there was only 76 votes in it last year, I think it's a fair bet to assume they will take the 2 seats in my ward now.

Yep, 2 more gains, with votes of 1,297 & 1,060, compared to the Tories on 696 & 658. That's 6 gains, 5 from the Tories & 1 from the LDs, they only needed 2 to take overall control.

It's weird seeing so much attention to Worthing on the BBC news.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Libertarian (let the rich do what they like) Party stood quite a few candidates in Dudley, with one or two getting 10% of the vote. In Brierly Hill they not only beat Reform but took enough votes of the Tories to give Labour the seat; similarly in Lye & Stourbridge North the 280 votes for the Libertarian Party if given to the Tories would have beaten the otherwise victorious Labour candidate. Note sure why Dudley has become such a magnet for free market fundamentalists.

TUSC stood in one ward in Dudley and got nearly 7% of the vote, which must be close to a record high for them.

The Libertarian Party seems to have its HQ in Dudley. A very odd place from which to extol the benefits of free market capitalism. Talking of the Black Country how have the Tories gained Princes End in Tipton from Labour? Used to be a base of BNP activity in the Black Country in the 90’s.

It’s Brierley Hill by the way…

 

[Wilf]

Another beautiful theory murdered by a brutal gang of facts

You're right that local council elections have always had a low turnout. Here's the turnouts since 1973 (years with a higher turnout are when they're held at the same time as a general election):
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This election doesn’t look unusually low in turnout. I just wanted a rant about the diminution of local authorities.

Putting my nerd hat on, I presume those 60%+ jobs were when the locals were held same day as general elections. Well, yes, no doubt about it, that was it.

 

[hash tag]

As hoped for, a great result here in Wandsworth.
Not that it really matters, but I wonder if people voted the way they did because of central government as opposed to local policies.

 

[ska invita]

Labour is trashing the Tories in Worthing, holding all their seats and now a 3rd gain from the Tories!

That's it, they have taken overall control of the council, which is remarkable considering they took their first seat ever only 5 years ago!

 

[cupid_stunt]

Labour has also taken Crawley, their only other target here in West Sussex.

LDs taken control of the new Somerset Council (unitary authority taking over from the county & district councils next year).

 

[chilango]

Battle ward, Reading. All three seats held by Labour. Greens leapfrog Tories into 2nd. Seems to be a theme emerging in Reading so far...

 

[Bus Honeygun]

I can't see the Britain First candidate (an ex-BNP old duffer) gaining many votes. They have an irritating little shit who is standing in the neighbouring ward who is a bit more proactive. He's a fucking halfwit, but thrives on any attention. Will be more keeping an eye on him.

25 votes for said ex-BNP old duffer and 192 (more than the LDs, though) for the irritating little shit. That'll do.

 

[chilango]

Labour just won all three in the new Caversham ward.

If the Tories are going to keep any seats (they had 10) it'll have to be in Caversham Heights. But they could be down to a max of three. Potentially the Greens could become the official opposition with 5 or 6. Waiting for the Park and Redlands results to see.

Everywhere else I expect Labour holds, but Tilehurst and the random Lib Dems there will be interesting. Maybe.

 

[cupid_stunt]

All 14 Worthing results are now in, from nowhere just over 5 years ago, and for the first time ever, Labour well and truly takes control, with almost twice the number of seats that the Tories have.

New make-up of the council -
Lab 23
Con - 12
LD - 1
IND - 1

 

[chilango]

Labour just won all three in the new Caversham ward.

If the Tories are going to keep any seats (they had 10) it'll have to be in Caversham Heights. But they could be down to a max of three. Potentially the Greens could become the official opposition with 5 or 6. Waiting for the Park and Redlands results to see.

Everywhere else I expect Labour holds, but Tilehurst and the random Lib Dems there will be interesting. Maybe.

LibDems hold all 3 in Tilehurst. Weird fuckers

 

[chilango]

Ooh. It looks like two unexpected Green gains from Labour in Katrlesgrove and s random Tory gain from Labour in Kentwood. Surprise excitement!

 

[Pickman's model]

Unfortunately that'll leave him free time to keep posting on here.

editor will give him the Great Reset

 

[Voley]

Ooh. It looks like two unexpected Green gains from Labour in Katrlesgrove and s random Tory gain from Labour in Kentwood. Surprise excitement!

Some odd little anomalies on this one aren't there? Local issue stuff perhaps?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The lib dems lost in my ward, thankfully.

 

[flypanam]

And in Northern Ireland the DUP seem to have lost votes to the unionist Alliance Party, while the SDLP think their vote may have gone to SF. Greens look like losing in South Belfast, and no idea how People before profit are doing.

 

[pbsmooth]

Certainly not the first knives out tbh . I'm not close enough to argue with the role of their supporters but the rest of their statement I don't have much problem with. What's your point of disagreement with their position?

it's the airing of the dirty laundry I don't like. can this not be said 'internally'? would prefer a unified front.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Over in East Sussex, Labour has lost 3 seats to the Greens in Hastings, losing overall control.

 

[May Kasahara]

LibDems hold all 3 in Tilehurst. Weird fuckers

Tilehurst is fucking weird tbf.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

There's been a big effort in Stamford Hill West to get rid of the two Tory councillors here, who are both Orthodox Jews that are largely invisible to the rest of the community. One of them had to step down due to a mysterious illness that manifested itself after he made a bizarre homophobic outburst that got quoted in the local press.

Stamford Hill stays Tory and so does Springfield. The weird blue stripe at the top of Hackney...

 

[pbsmooth]

Stamford Hill stays Tory and so does Springfield. The weird blue stripe at the top of Hackney...

interesting. is that simply the orthodox jewish vote (having looked at the candidate)?

 

[cupid_stunt]

LibDems hold all 3 in Tilehurst. Weird fuckers

Tilehurst is fucking weird tbf.

Must be like the weird fuckers in Tarring ward here, they kept electing the only 3 LDs on Worthing council, but one crossed over to Lab last year, and another lost to Lab today, so only 1 left now.

 

[ruffneck23]

Woking has fallen to the lib dems

 

[Fozzie Bear]

interesting. is that simply the orthodox jewish vote (having looked at the candidate)?

Basically yeah, as far as I can tell. There is some scope locally for anti-LTN types to vote Tory I guess.

The local Orthodox Jews are not monolithic but I think a lot of them will vote en masse how community leaders suggest they do.

Not seen a breakdown but there isn't usually a particularly large turnout either.

 

[contadino]

This is the sort of thing I really wanted to see:

Local elections 2022: Tories lose hundreds of seats to Labour and Lib Dems – as it happened

PM insists ‘mixed’ results also included some ‘remarkable gains’ for Conservatives; Labour, Lib Dems and Greens celebrate key wins

www.theguardian.com

A few outlets parping on about projections of Tory MPs losing their seats. That's what they need to hear in order to ditch Boris.