English local elections, May 2014

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The ludicrously named 'Amber Valley' district in Derbyshire falls to Labour: the (smaller) parliamentary constituency of the same name is one of the most vulnerable Tory seats going into the GE.

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Enfield held by Labour, in a terrible night for local Tories. Labour gains include Winchmore Hill, Chase, Bush Hill Park and Southgate Green. These are normally very Conservative wards (they mostly make up the famous "safe Conservative" Enfield Southgate seat of Portillo). Lib Dems below 1% of the vote (lol)

In Haringey Labour crushed the LD's, who are reduced to Highgate and a handful of split votes.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Results trickling out of Wakey and Donny. Mostly various form of hold so far, though the Tories have lost Wakey Rural to Labour.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Enfield held by Labour, in a terrible night for local Tories. Labour gains include Winchmore Hill, Chase, Bush Hill Park and Southgate Green. These are normally very Conservative wards (they mostly make up the famous "safe Conservative" Enfield Southgate seat of Portillo). Lib Dems below 1% of the vote (lol)

Like the Tory landslide of 2002 in reverse?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

WTF Rotherham?

[YL]

All in in Sheffield

Lab 18 (+1) LD 6 (-6) UKIP 3 (+3) Green 2 (+2) (comparisons with last time seats contested)

Lab gain from Lib Dem: Crookes, Nether Edge, 1 seat in Walkley (confirming defection gain)
UKIP gain from Lib Dem: Stocksbridge & Upper Don, West Ecclesfield
Green gain from Labour: Central
Green gain from Lib Dem: Broomhill
UKIP gain from Labour: East Ecclesfield
Lib Dem hold: Beauchief & Greenhill (regaining defection loss), Dore & Totley, Ecclesall, Fulwood, Graves Park, Stannington
Labour hold: everywhere else (including 1 seat in Walkley)

Something for everyone there.  Well, except the Tories, who came fourth again in Ecclesall and very nearly did in Fulwood (!) too, and weren't close to winning Dore & Totley.

Council is now Lab 59 LD 18 Green 4 UKIP 3.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

WTF Rotherham?

Scandal plagued administration, and some of those involved child protection issues, and some of those involved senior individual councillors (the mention of the name of one of which in this thread was replied to with a No Comment). Notably the Labour vote was still pretty high in percentage terms (over 40%) - essentially voters pissed off with the council coalesced around UKIP.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Most of Donny is in now, and though UKIP have gained one seat it's mostly business as usual.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Wait, no. Not so. Labour gain Bessacarr & Cantley?!

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Wait, no. Not so. Labour gain Bessacarr & Cantley?!

Where are you getting your info? The BBC's website is slow (and its TV coverage, which I watched sans internet last night, is truly awful).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Wait, no. Not so. Labour gain Bessacarr & Cantley?!

Where are you getting your info? The BBC's website is slow (and its TV coverage, which I watched sans internet last night, is truly awful).

Donny council's twatter feed.

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The Lib Dem leader in Sheffield's "chicken run" to Crookes hasn't worked: Labour gain (helped by my vote).  Greens third, UKIP fourth, ex-LD independent fifth, TUSC last.  (No Tory candidate.)

A third UKIP seat, this time the one I expected, Stocksbridge & Upper Don.  (So they have won all three Sheffield wards in the Penistone & Stocksbridge constituency.)  The defending Lib Dems came last out of six.

That seemed like a dreadful strategy as soon as I heard it ... Why wouldn't he go to Fulwood and not a ward literally as jammed with students as his previous ward?

Penistone may be a target for UKIP next year I guess?

[afleitch]

All is not lost. Tory's still topped the count in the wards that made up Elmet and Rothwell

[Filuwaúrdjan]

LibDem wipeouts reported in Manchester and Liverpool.

[afleitch]

Can Danny Alexander be drafted in to front every Labour campaign until he dies? That would brighten my day.

[ChrisDR68]

Projected national vote shares on the BBC:

Labour 31%
Conservative 29%
UK Independence Party 17%
Liberal Democrats 13%
Others 10%

Overall looks like the Tories will be most pleased with these vote shares...

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Labour win Durham from NOC, although surprisingly the Lib Dem delegation survives with no changes.

Great Yarmuth goes the other way, due to a 10 seat UKIP gain.

[afleitch]

Projected national vote shares on the BBC:

Labour 31%
Conservative 29%
UK Independence Party 17%
Liberal Democrats 13%
Others 10%

Overall looks like the Tories will be most pleased with these vote shares...

Those are Curtice's (rather than Rallings and Thrasher). Compared with the locals last year, again using Curtice's figures for the BBC Labour are actually up 2, the Tories up 4 and the Lib Dems down 1. UKIP are down 6. They are doing very well but not as well they did last year.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Labour win Durham from NOC, although surprisingly the Lib Dem delegation survives with no changes.

Durham wasn't up this year.

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Bradford, sorry

Multitasking does funny things to me...

[alexmanu]

I voted Lib Dem in my ward in Colchester, they won back all seats but one (losing to Lab). No UKIP winners, in fact where I live UKIP came bottom with the Green Party getting more votes.

[Silent Hunter]

Labour hold Southwark.

[Silent Hunter]

Havering so far - 18 of 54 seats: 11 Tories, 7 Residents.

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Trafford stays Conservative - Tories still have some representation in Greater Manchester!

(Manchester proper is entirely Labour, with LD's last holdouts falling)

Greens now largest opposition party in Liverpool. Only four seats, but still.

Harrow regained by Labour, who smash "Independent Labour" hard.

Watford remains LD, mainly due to popular mayor. So does neighbouring Three Rivers.

In Tower Hamlets, Lufur Rahman apparently going down to Labour


Lanour have regained control of the Local Government Association for the first time since 2004!

[Silent Hunter]

Labour hold Newham.