Election expert Sean Fear offers his predictions for the battles for control of Town Halls taking place in June 2009. Next year’s local elections are to be held on the same day as the European Parliamentary Elections. This, along with the political fall out from the current financial crisis, makes them particularly hard to predict. […]
On May 3rd, approximately 10,500 council seats will be contested in England, and another 1,100 in Scotland. In England, 154 District Councils and 25 Unitary Authorities have all-out elections, while the 36 Metropolitan Boroughs, 20 Unitary Authorities, and 77 Districts are electing one third of their seats. The 32 Scottish Authorities have all out elections, […]
All but two English local authorities have now declared their results. So far, the Conservatives have made a net gain of 885 seats, Labour a net loss of 492, the Liberal Democrats a net loss 243, and Others and Independents, a net loss of 152. The Conservatives have made a net gain of 38 councils. […]