2023 UK Local Elections

[Filuwaúrdjan]

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.

They won some seats they lost last year and the seats they held narrowly then, they won comfortably. Just one of those councils that is particularly strongly affected by the oddness of electing in thirds...

[JimJamUK]

As mentioned above, not very impressive Labour results when facing competitive non-Tory competition. In seats where voters are switching between the 2 major parties or none of the minor parties are bothering, Labour are doing well. Suggests a lot of the minor party vote isn’t really ‘closet Conservative’, so much as unenthusiastic Labour that has found a better option locally.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Strong rumours that Labour are heading for a majority in Monkeyville.

[Duke of York]

Strong rumours that Labour are heading for a majority in Monkeyville.

Monkeyville?

[TheTide]

Strong rumours that Labour are heading for a majority in Monkeyville.

Monkeyville?

Hartlepool. There's a story behind it.

[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...

And it remains NOC...but Labour have 18 seats to Tories 12 and indies 6. So they basically did what they set out for and swept with 6 gains.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Hartlepool. There's a story behind it.

They hanged a monkey because they thought it was a Frenchman.

[JimJamUK]

Hartlepool. There's a story behind it.

They hanged a monkey because they thought it was a Frenchman.

And then elected one as mayor (no, that’s not a euphemism).

[Oryxslayer]

Labour held every seat in Basildon, a good benchmark for them from my initial expectations given their overexposure.

Labour gained 5 seats in the end in Reddich.

[Oryxslayer]

[Oryxslayer]

First result from Thurrock is a massive Labour hold

[Sestak]

First result from Thurrock is a massive Labour hold

first 8 results there are 5 lab 2 ind 1 con. Not sure the composition of the remainder.

[Duke of York]

Labour has lost two seats so far in Lincoln to the Liberal Democrats.  Might be due to the unpopular decision to cancel the Christmas Market.

[Oryxslayer]

First result from Thurrock is a massive Labour hold

first 8 results there are 5 lab 2 ind 1 con. Not sure the composition of the remainder.

Two of those are gains off Con, but most of the Tory wards remain to call. 9th seat declared, Lab gain. This is the anticipated anti-incompetence wave coming forth.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Huge Labour gains in Tamworth, apparently.

Edit: just checked the borough's website, and yes, it's true.

[LAB-LIB]

Conservatives have lost control of Tamworth! Labour were in third before the election!

Conservatives 14 (-6)
Labour 10 (+7)
Independent 6 (-)
UKIP 0 (-1)

[Torrain]

Have to imagine Tamworth’s local MP didn’t exactly buoy the Tories’ campaign.

[Oryxslayer]

[Oryxslayer]

Have to imagine Tamworth’s local MP didn’t exactly buoy the Tories’ campaign.

https://twitter.com/andrewteale/status/1654290919129067524?s=20

https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1654291909513289728?s=20

[Oryxslayer]

Rumor mill is that Medway has fallen to Labour for the first time, not entirely unexpected though.

Tories are getting swept in Worcester and Portsmouth.

I didn't believe the hype on NE Lincolnshire, and there wasn't any.

Tory losses in Rushmoor.

Conservative's hold Thurrock even though they got swept, they won just enough seats to hold on.

Lib-Dems gain seats in Hull.

Little Change in Southend, NOC remains and Labour grows and their coalition retains it's majority.

[JimJamUK]

Stoke is looking interesting. Clearly a swing to Labour with the collapse of the City Independent vote. Can’t work out if it’s going to lead to a Labour majority though.

[oldtimer]

It's very early, Conservative losses could be anywhere between 450-1400 council seats.

Anything over 1000 and we should expect renewed pressure for a leadership challenge, because you would have had real votes not just opinion polls to prove that Sunak's sunk.

[Oryxslayer]

Big winners from the Worcester Tory sweep were the Greens - Labour are the Largest party but the Greens gained 4. Won the overall vote as well.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Stoke is looking interesting. Clearly a swing to Labour with the collapse of the City Independent vote. Can’t work out if it’s going to lead to a Labour majority though.

City Independents have finally held a seat, though even there with a big increase in the Labour vote and the party vaulting from a poor third to a solid second.

[Oryxslayer]

Don't look now, but the revenge of the "trees" is seeing the Tories get swept in Plymouth, as expected.

Tories did end up winning a single seat in Portsmouth in the end. Looks like voters here cared about tactical voting, cause it was the Lib-Dems who gainedeven where Labour was strong in 2022.

Bolton starting to report in, so far just the Labour held wards.