2023 UK Local Elections

[Oryxslayer]

Lib Dems make their first gain of the night - Fulwell in Sunderland from the Tories.

The Lib-dems won it in 2022, but this was once one of the few wards where the Tories won pre-brexit. Huge swing to them and a 10% drop in Labour vote, so tactical voting perhaps...

[JimJamUK]

Labour have gained Washington South in Sunderland. As befits a ward that voted Green in 2019 on an incredibly fractured vote, it had actually swung Tory from last year and Labour were only 100 votes off losing it to them.

[TheTide]

Talking about a result that indicates very little...

https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1654261597961953282?s=20

[JimJamUK]

First result from Stoke has seen a massive swing directly from Conservative to Labour. However, I must warn our international posters that Stoke is/was a psephological word for ‘batsh**t local politics” so don’t read too much into it yet.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/TomLarkinSky/status/1654263601429970947

[Oryxslayer]

Broxborne declared no changes in seats in very safe blue turf.

[Duke of York]

Broxborne declared no changes in seats in very safe blue turf.

Sky News reported one seat gain for Labour.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1654254705806131203

[Mike88]

Why is Sky just reporting 2 Labour, 1 Tory council results, while BBC has Labour already at 5-1?

Is it different sources to get the results?

[Oryxslayer]

[TheTide]

West Park in South Tyneside is the first Green gain (from Labour) of the night, I think.    

[MaxQue]

Broxborne declared no changes in seats in very safe blue turf.

Sky News reported one seat gain for Labour.

It's no change; 9 Con, 1 Lab; council 27 Con, 3 Lab.

[Blair]

Looking forward to Woke on Trent going labour.

[MaxQue]

Why is Sky just reporting 2 Labour, 1 Tory council results, while BBC has Labour already at 5-1?

Is it different sources to get the results?

Seems Sky only declares results once all wards have reported in a council area.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/mattgrantsky/status/1654267889275265031
Huge swings continue in Stoke.

[TheTide]

The Tories have lost control of Brentwood.

[JimJamUK]

Still early, but Labour isn’t doing too well vs minor parties/independents in councils they control so far. Compared to last year, they’re largely static or seeing swings against them.

[Duke of York]

Still early, but Labour isn’t doing too well vs minor parties/independents in councils they control so far. Compared to last year, they’re largely static or seeing swings against them.

a bit concerning but too early to make any predictions.

[Oryxslayer]

Lib-Dems already flipping seats in Brentwood.

[JimJamUK]

Tories doing well in the Cotswolds so far, but nothing has flipped yet and comtrol probably won’t change (it was a very unpopular Tory run council in 2019).

[Oryxslayer]

Labour also gained Ryhope in Sunderland, the other seat UKIP won in 2019. Sunderland is basically therefore done, topline is Tories fall, Lib-Dems hold, Labour gains, but the majorities from last time were a bit too large for mass flips.

[Torrain]

Speculation abounds that the Tories are doing badly in Windsor & Maidenhead. Has been briefed to journalists, and without saying too much, I know a guy at the count who’s been implying the same.

[Oryxslayer]

Tories gain a seat in Harlow overall, so that has to be a bummer for Labour, even though they were defending the lions share of the seats. However, I think their vote share went up across the council and of course won the vote overall.

First Hartlepool seat I believe is a labour gain.

Labour net 3 seats in reddich with 3 more to declare.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/REWearmouth/status/1654276274569846786
Could be one of the totemic wins of the night, given recent history.

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/REWearmouth/status/1654276274569846786
Could be one of the totemic wins of the night, given recent history.

I noted in my big preview that local Labour were campaigning specifically with the goal of a majority - seemingly very hard to get with the numbers up but it was repeated in multiple articles...