Local Elections May 5th 2022

[Wilf]

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You just know he's a cunt.

Added Cunt Points because he looks a bit like Ronaldo.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Overall majority in the new unitary authority (formerly three districts) and not a single fucking one of them elected in my district! Told yers, they're gonna build Farron a fucking pyramid up here.

I've become increasingly angry by this over the course of the evening. We've gone from a labour-dominated borough council with some tories to a libdem unitary authority despite not a single one of the fuckers being elected here

 

[ska invita]

I found these two tweets about the geography of the labour vote interesting (if correct)



And

 

[cupid_stunt]

Update again -

England -341 (2 councils still to declare)
Wales -75 (2 councils still to declare)
Scotland -62 (all declared)
TOTAL -478

Even Adam Boulton on TalkTV's 'The News Desk' is saying this is so much worst for the Tories than was thought from the overnight results.

That iditol Isabel Oakeshott disagrees with Boulton, and thinks Johnson will be more than happy with the results.

This morning, lost Tory seats -

England -341 (2 councils still to declare)
Wales -86 (all declared)
Scotland -62 (all declared)
TOTAL -489

Fuck knows why 2 councils in England still haven't declared their full results.

What needs remembering is Labour went into these elections defending a lot more seats (2879) than the Tories who were defending just 1856 seats, it means they lost over a quarter of their seats so far.

These are the figures from the BBC - explained here:

How is seat change calculated?​

The change in the number of councillors for each party is calculated by comparing this election result with the result the last time these seats were contested.

For some councils not all their seats will be contested at this election, as some authorities only have elections for half or a third of seats at any given time.
In Scotland and Wales the seats were last up in 2017, while in London the last elections were in 2018.

In other parts of England these dates differ. For most councils the seats were last contested in 2018 but in some areas it was 2019 and others 2021.

There are some areas where change is more difficult to calculate because there have been boundary changes or the number of councillors representing each ward has changed. In four areas there are brand new councils.

In cases like this, the BBC uses "notional results" to project what the previous result would have been if the new boundaries had been in place at the last election.

Local election results 2022 in England

Get the latest news and election results in the 2022 Local elections from BBC News

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Local election results 2022 in Wales

Get the latest news and election results in the 2022 Local elections from BBC News

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Scottish Council Elections 2022

Get the latest news and election results in the 2022 Local elections from BBC News

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[TopCat]

Tory Mayor for Croydon.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Only if you think a government that essentially agrees with the Tories on almost every issue is worth the effort.

I am not making a value judgement and also Libdems being in a position to cost the Tories seats can benefit a Labour majority it doesn't mean they have to be in government.

 

[andysays]

I am not making a value judgement and also Libdems being in a position to cost the Tories seats can benefit a Labour majority it doesn't mean they have to be in government.

"A government that essentially agrees with the Tories on almost every issue" could well refer to a potential Labour government, TBH

 

[cupid_stunt]

So, the BBC has the Tories on -489, Sky has them on -481, and the Guardian has them on -398, they haven't updated their page since 7.45pm yesterday, but that was still a lot lower than others at the time, and there's no explanation as to how they've calculated it.

 

[bluescreen]

This is a LD councillor, but bear with it as it enumerates some underhand Tory tactics, some of which will be familiar to everyone but some new to me. The Tory lost, btw.

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[Ranbay]

Look how close, glad I went !

 

[_Russ_]

So, the BBC has the Tories on -489, Sky has them on -481, and the Guardian has them on -398, they haven't updated their page since 7.45pm yesterday, but that was still a lot lower than others at the time, and there's no explanation as to how they've calculated it.

Part way down the page

Why do the seat tallies differ between outlets?​

Sinn Féin becomes largest party in Northern Ireland assembly – as it happened

With Sinn Féin set to become the biggest party at Stormont for the first time, O’Neill says the results mark a ‘new era’ for ‘our politics and for our people’

www.theguardian.com

 

[_Russ_]

Look how close, glad I went !View attachment 321551

In the one County that the Tory bastards held in Wales they lost control but without any party getting a majority, Labour could have taken it, but one ward actually had a dead tie on votes between Labour and the bastards, they resolved this by tossing a coin..the bastards won the toss (somebody remind me this is the 21st century?)

 

[cupid_stunt]

Part way down the page

Why do the seat tallies differ between outlets?​

Sinn Féin becomes largest party in Northern Ireland assembly – as it happened

With Sinn Féin set to become the biggest party at Stormont for the first time, O’Neill says the results mark a ‘new era’ for ‘our politics and for our people’

www.theguardian.com

Cheers, I hadn't seen that page.

Direct link.

Why do the seat tallies differ between outlets?​

A quick note to explain the data we’re publishing. You might have noticed that the tallies of the number of seats gained and lost so far by each party differs between outlets. This is for a number of reasons.

Our data on councillor numbers comes from the PA Media news agency, which only reports on complete councils, while some sources report each council seat as it comes in.

There are also differences in the point of comparison: PA calculates change based on the status of each seat just before the election, not on its status after the preceding election.

Lastly, there are frequent changes in ward boundaries and the number of councillors per ward, to maintain equality of representation. This may mean that parties’ net seat changes in one particular council may not balance each other out.

 

[chilango]

Queues at my polling station.

I'm predicting a triple Green landslide in my ward based on that.

Was right for once.

A 5-800 vote gap between the Green candidates and the Labour ones.

Haven't managed to find % or turnout yet though.

 

[killer b]

In the one County that the Tory bastards held in Wales they lost control but without any party getting a majority, Labour could have taken it, but one ward actually had a dead tie on votes between Labour and the bastards, they resolved this by tossing a coin..the bastards won the toss (somebody remind me this is the 21st century?)

how else should a tie be decided?

 

[chilango]

how else should a tie be decided?

A duel.

 

[cupid_stunt]

how else should a tie be decided?

Pistols at dawn.

(Bollocks just beaten to it.)

 

[_Russ_]

how else should a tie be decided?

How about not deciding it and sharing responsibility?, surely better than letting some bastard have power just because they won a toss dont you think?

 

[flypanam]

 

[flypanam]

Nowt like a little fear to stir the hearts o the Torygraph. Ain’t they forgetting that most want rid of NI?

 

[pbsmooth]

looks like that could be the next culture war battleground, great!

 

[Cerv]

how else should a tie be decided?

a run off election with only those candidates would be a fair way to do it.

then in fact to save time and money, could have voters rank their choices on their ballot instead of picking a single X.

 

[chilango]

In minor party news...

Unlike Alba, Wales' ego-driven Nationalist splinters Propel and Gwlad both won a seat each.

 

[moochedit]

Look how close, glad I went !View attachment 321551

You sure you didn't accidently tick the tory box?

 

[moochedit]

how else should a tie be decided?

A cage fight.

 

[Lurdan]

how else should a tie be decided?

 

[chilango]

People who make these kind of rules should also duel when they're broken.

In fact, I'm very much in favour of duelling returning to fashion amongst posh twats and their hangers on.

 

[two sheds]

Beats extra time and then penalties

 

[chilango]

Could you imagine Johnson and Starmer duelling?

Johnson would hide in a fridge and send Fabricant out as his second hoping nobody would notice.

Starmer would forensically examine the duelling rule book to find a way of avoiding taking part, meanwhile Wes Streating would push a passing Jeremy Corbyn into the line of fire.

 

[chilango]

Beats extra time and then penalties

Sudden death shoot out.