English Local Elections 2006

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Polls have closed.

I feel pessimistic. This isn't based on accurate information, gut feeling or anything. Bah.

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First BBC RESULTS!:

Labour: 5
Conservative: 4
Liberal Democrat: 1

166 councils to go!

Not results as such; just councils with majorities so large that they cannot fall, even if all defended seats are lost!

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Early district results show a mixed picture

[afleitch]

Con up 5 seats and Lab Down 5 in Tamworth

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Shrewsbury results mixed. We didn't take back Monkmoor, but we held Sutton & Reabrook by a big margin.
BNP pushed Liberals into fourth in Harlescott (the ancient Tory with a huge personal vote won as always).

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BNP have gained a ward in Pendle

[afleitch]

BNP have gained a ward in Pendle

B*gger

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Tories keep control of SABC; they gained two Atcham RDC wards off retiring Indies.
No town wards switched.

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LibDems doing badly in Norwich... Tories have actually done quite well, but the big winners are the Greens.

[afleitch]

SKY interviewing BNP candidate in Barking...suprisingly.

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Tories hold Great Yarmouth... but Labour make strong gains.

Rumour is that Labour have held Manchester.

[jerusalemcar5]

Conservatives take Shrewsbury & Atcham from No control! This is exciting!

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You interested in Shrewsbury?

Ward by ward results:

Bagley: LibDem hold
Battlefield & Heathgates: Con hold
Belle Vue: Lab hold
Bowbrook: Con hold
Condover: Con gain from Ind
Copthorne: Con hold
Harlescott: Con hold
Lawley: Respect gain (only joking; Con hold unopposed...)
Porthill: LibDem hold
Rea Valley: Con gain/hold off Condependent
Severn Valley: Con hold
Sundorne: Lab hold
Sutton & Reabrook: Lab hold

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Labour have made gains in Manchester!

Not sure which seats. But no Tories.

Labour have lost their majority in Stoke (net loss of two seats). Still hold the Mayoral seat o/c.

The picture is getting really, really mixed...

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Labour have held Wigan; gained a seat as well. So we made gains in both the "symbolic" N.W councils

[afleitch]

Stoke, Derby and Bury - Lab loss to NOC

Edit - CON gain Bassetlaw from NOC

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Labour are making good gains in Kashmiri areas; one of the Manc wards to fall to us was Longsight and we've taken Aston off the LibDems in Brum. And held Nechells with over 50%.

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LibDems hold N.U.T; Labour lost one seat. A shame, but reports I heard a few days ago were rather grim so...

[Ben.]

Labour are making good gains in Kashmiri areas; one of the Manc wards to fall to us was Longsight and we've taken Aston off the LibDems in Brum. And held Nechells with over 50%.

I always suspected that the Asian vote might swing back to Labour in Mets outside of London. Seems to be the case in Brum and Manc so far, at the same time no real impression of what’s happening in London yet though beyond rumour.

[afleitch]

NOC Gain Barrow-in-Furness

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at the same time no real impression of what’s happening in London yet though beyond rumour.

True; although note that Muslims in London tend to be Bangladeshis or Punjabis rather than Kashmiris (or Gujaratis).

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Labour hold Barnsley and actually gain a seat. So much for the March of the Independents

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BNP have gained another three councillers in Epping Forest... taking them to six in the district...

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Tories take Crawley. Warrington goes NOC. BNP taking the odd seat here, the odd seat there... one in Redditch now...

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Some good news for the LibDems; they've gained South Lakeland (basically Westmorland).