English local elections 2011

[Insula Dei]

LibDems could lose 12 out of 13 seats in Liverpool.

[YL]

Listening to Radio Sheffield.  There aren't many details being given away, or even much discussion of rumours (the 12 seat loss one was mentioned briefly) but clearly Labour have taken control.  No surprise there; the question is by how much.

[You kip if you want to...]

CON hold Broxbourne. 35 CON 3 LAB 0 LD No change at all

[YL]

Lab gain Wavertree (Liverpool) from former LD council leader.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Lab gain Wavertree (Liverpool) from former LD council leader.

Christ.

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

Lab gain Wavertree (Liverpool) from former LD council leader.

Christ.

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.

Oh, sorry, thought you were talking about Bradley...

[You kip if you want to...]

Mike Hancock looking defeatist, to say it lightly, on BBC...

THe LibDem rhetoric of more Liberal say in government seems... difficult. As if the Tory Right will allow it.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So has Cleggmania turned into Cleggtastrophe for the LibDems?

[Leftbehind]

Absolutely, moreso here in the North.

Refudiate: He's right, the Tories need Lib Dem votes to pass their policies, so if the Tory Right can't lump it then here's hoping for another election.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The LibDem leader of Hull City Council has conceded defeat on behalf of his party.

[YL]

Suggestion on Radio Sheffield that Ecclesall may have "changed hands" (but they seemed sceptical).  Disaster for the Lib Dems if that's true.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Tom Watson is speculating that Labour gains in Brum may be in double digits.

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

Rumours of six Labour gains in Bolton.

[YL]

Birmingham: Lab gain Acocks Green from LD

First Sheffield result is a predictable Labour hold in Southey.  Lab 2927 LD 403 Con 365 Green 347.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Birmingham: Lab gain Acocks Green from LD

Used to be Fox Hollies. Working class suburbs; mostly council estates. Traditionally Labour, but the LibDems made a sudden stunning breakthrough in the early 1990s and have held on ever since (with the exception of a by-election on the same day as the 2001 General Election).

[You kip if you want to...]

CONs hold Castle Point

[YL]

Rumours from Radio Sheffield:

Recount in Stannington, Sheffield (in Hallam constituency, but not a typical Hallam ward): "around 10 votes in it".

Also a suggested Lab gain in Stocksbridge & Upper Don from LD.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Mike Ion has gained College ward in Wellington

(that's in Telford & Wrekin)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

LibDem meltdown in Manchester. Their leader is out, apparently some Didsbury wards are wobbling and Labour have apparently gained the City Centre ward for the first time since it was created.

[YL]

Sheffield: Lab gain Crookes from LD (Twitter report)

This is in Clegg's constituency.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Reports that the LibDems may have lost every single seat they were defending in Manchester.

[You kip if you want to...]

The LDs currently in 5th on my council!

[YL]

I know it's a boring council, but Labour have won 20 out of 21 in Rotherham, including Hellaby.

Internet rumours suggest the LDs have held Stannington in Sheffield by 4 or 5 (and have held Dore & Totley, so presumably we're still a Tory-free zone), but Labour have won several more wards.

Further news: Labour gain Nether Edge by nearly 1000.

[Chancellor of the Duchy of Little Lever and Darcy Lever]

Bolton has finished counting.  New council Lab 35 C 20 LD 5.

Lab gain from C
Horwich and Blackrod
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Lab gain from LD
Horwich North East (2)
Kearsley

[YL]

Sheffield complete.

9 Lab gains from LD: both Ecclesfield wards, Stocksbridge & Upper Don, Hillsborough, Walkley, Crookes, Broomhill, Nether Edge, Gleadless Valley.

No other changes, so LDs held six wards.  The Tories did embarrassingly badly as usual: they came third in Ecclesall and Fulwood, fourth in Crookes, Broomhill and Nether Edge and fifth in Walkley.  (All of these except the last are wards they would have won until the 1980s or 1990s.)