British Local Elections, May 2024

[Oryxslayer]

Some Maps of results so far:











Colchester, Labour gained one which means the Lib-Dems still will lead the working group by 1:

[Oryxslayer]

First P & C result (some are lagging their schedules...) is a Tory hold. This is a two-party swing of 16% to Labour, but the real story is Reform. But at the same time they arn't doing so well in what should be a great area, and they didn't pull the Tories under even with what seems to be a Labour surge from Lincoln city.

[GoTfan]

BBC is now reporting that at this stage, Lib Dems have more seats than the Tories, and that a lot more independents have been elected.

[Tintrlvr]

BBC is now reporting that at this stage, Lib Dems have more seats than the Tories, and that a lot more independents have been elected.

That's been true for most of the night, but it's close (right now the LDs have 58 seats to 54 for the Tories). It's far too early to say whether that will hold.

[Philly D.]

The Tories are now "only" losing 55% of their councillors and have more than the Lib Dems after a major dump from Fareham.

[GoTfan]

Lib Dems have held off Labour in Hull.

[GoTfan]

BBC projects Labour to gain 278 seats, Lib Dems gain 59, and Tories to lose 539.

Labour has also gained the Cumbria PCC on a 22% swing (!)

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Broxborne has declared it's inevitable 9-1 Con-Lab result.

Whats up with Broxbourne? Is it just one council estate surrounded by rabid and unusually Brexity commuters?

[Tintrlvr]

Broxborne has declared it's inevitable 9-1 Con-Lab result.

Whats up with Broxbourne? Is it just one council estate surrounded by rabid and unusually Brexity commuters?

Labour came very close in another seat and reasonably close in a third, so the 9-1 result wasn’t completely inevitable.

[Oryxslayer]

Labour are now the largest party and minority leader in Southend.



Other councils:



Utter chaos in Peterborough, but forming a administration will be difficult.

[Oryxslayer]

Plymouth was almost a Tory free result, with them holding 1 seat. What makes this suprising is that last time the Tories locally were in Chaos after backlash to greenspace policies. But the wave was repeated now with Labour in power.

[GoTfan]

Labour has gained Redditch, per the BBC

[Oryxslayer]

Labour has gained Redditch, per the BBC

Sweep, though not too surprising given there were new lines so everyone was up. Labour take every seat in the seven new northern wards actually covering the town for 21. Conservatives win two wards in the south, but there's a Green also elected down there so they only get 5 not 6.

[Oryxslayer]

Labour have also held Bolton. The notable thing here is that they only lost a single seat. Last year Bolton had every council seat up, and this class was the third place finishers - aka full of split ticket beneficiaries who were mostly Labour. So they were overexposed and got more overexposed via defections in their favor. 

[Oryxslayer]

One of the few places Labour failed to hit their goal: Harlow. 17 Con to 16 Labour with 5 Labour gains and the deciding seat very close.

Tories have lost everything in Portsmouth.

A map of the landslide in Thurrock:

[Hnv1]

VONC in Sunak imminent?

[JimJamUK]

First P & C result (some are lagging their schedules...) is a Tory hold. This is a two-party swing of 16% to Labour, but the real story is Reform. But at the same time they arn't doing so well in what should be a great area, and they didn't pull the Tories under even with what seems to be a Labour surge from Lincoln city.

Lincolnshire is if anything even more suited to Reform than UKIP given how Conservative leaning their voters are, so 14% really isn’t that great as you say.

[JimJamUK]

Broxborne has declared it's inevitable 9-1 Con-Lab result.

Whats up with Broxbourne? Is it just one council estate surrounded by rabid and unusually Brexity commuters?

There’s one ward bordering London which is noticeably very working class/non-white, while the rest is basically as you describe. Still quite working class, but longstandingly Tory (more so than what are now some other similar areas).

[YL]

Labour have won Avon & Somerset PCC in spite of a high Green vote: Lab 32.3%, Con 30.6%, Green 21.7%, Lib Dem 15.4%.

Labour have lost control of Oldham by losing five seats to Independents; I think this is connected to the  Gaza backlash.