UK local elections, May 2012

[Die-hard Clockworkfan]

Reports on Twitter that the Lib Dems have held Llandaff ward (Cardiff) with increased majorities.  As one of the Lib Dem councillors for Llandaff is a good friend of mine from the quiz circuit, I am very happy

[Sibboleth]

Would be pretty funny if they held Llandaff while losing certain other wards.

[Sibboleth]

LibDems wiped out in Merthyr. And another shutout in Manchester, it seems.

[Die-hard Clockworkfan]

Another Lib Dem shutout in Rochdale.

[Leftbehind]

BBC projected national share (with changes from last year): Lab 39% (+3%) Con 31% (-4%) Lib 16% (n/c) Oth 14% (+1%).

[Leftbehind]

No vote in Manc as well.

[Sibboleth]

Anyways, time to call it a night.

[Leftbehind]

Hope you caught Dimbleby saying (quoting Ken) bastards.

[joevsimp]

just been looking at the damage in manchester in more depth.


In Hulme, which was briefly held by the greens a few years back the Lib Dems rad their candidate as "Liberal Democrats - For a Greener Britain"

cheeky buggers, didn't stop them coming last though, not that the actual greens were close to regaining it

[YL]

Better clarify what happened in Bradford, as the early reports were all over the place.

Respect won City, Manningham, Heaton, Bradford Moor and Little Horton, the last by 17 votes, defeating the Labour leader of the Council Ian Greenwood.  Bradford Moor is a gain from LD and Heaton from Con, the others from Labour.  Labour won Bowling & Barkerend.

Elsewhere in the city, the Lib Dems seem to have done OK, holding Eccleshill, which they lost last year, and coming much closer to holding Baildon.  The deselected Tory held Craven.  The council is Lab 45, Con 24, LD 8, Respect 5, Green 3, various Independents 5.

Also Bradford voted against a mayor after all, 55.1% to 44.9%.

[Sibboleth]

Looks like Labour majorities in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport.

[Sibboleth]

And it seems that the defeat of Ron Davies can also be filed under 'actually, not close at all'.

[afleitch]

Here comes round 2. Counting underway in Scotland

Don't forget a US style 'real time' count for London Mayor

http://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/results-and-past-elections/live-results-2012?contest=23

[Insula Dei]

When do we have Scottish results?

[afleitch]

They are staring to come in. Very early still and a mixed bag. For example; SNP knocked off two Labour councillors in Stirling, but Labour have taken a seat from the Lib Dems and the SNP in Fife.

[afleitch]

Labour will win Glasgow.

[Insula Dei]

Great night all around, then (Now, if only those london polls were to be as horribly wrong as those Alberta ones,...)

[YL]

First three Sheffield results are in: easy Labour holds in Manor Castle, Richmond and Shiregreen & Brightside.  No surprises there, but note UKIP second in all three.

[afleitch]

Inverclyde almost in

So far

LAB 8 (+1)
SNP 4
CON 1
LIB 1 (-1)

[Pilchard]

Labour are back in Huntingdonshire after taking Huntingdon North from the Conservatives. UKIP have taken Ramsey from the Tories, which means they now hold all 3 seats in that ward as well as its county councillor. Conservatives also gained Warboys and Bury from the Lib Dems.

In South Cambridgeshire, Labour have held on to their only seat on the council in Bassingbourn. Telegraph columnist and former presenter of 'One Man and his Dog' Robin Page is back on the council as an independent after defeating the Lib Dem by 2 votes. A former district councillor from 73-06, he's been a perennial candidate for general and European elections for the Referendum Party, UKIP and UK First. There's a rather entertaining election leaflet of his here: electionleaflets.org/leaflets/4670/

[YL]

Labour have gained West Ecclesfield from the Lib Dems.  This was the narrowest of the Labour gains in Sheffield in 2011.

[afleitch]

Stirling now complete

SNP 9 (+2)
LAB 8
CON 4
GRN 1 (+1)
LIB 0 (-3)

[Pilchard]

All done in Cambridgeshire:

Huntingdonshire: Con 39 (-2) Lib Dem 7 (-1) UKIP 3 (+1) Ind 2 (+1) Lab 1 (+1). Con Hold
South Cambs: Con 33 (+1) Lib Dem 16 (-2) Ind 7 (+1) Lab 1 (nc). Con Hold

Some close results in S Cambs, Conservatives gained Linton from the Lib Dems by just 1 vote, while Robin Page gained Haslingfield from the Lib Dems by 2 votes.

[YL]

Lab gains so far in Sheffield:

Beauchief & Greenhill (this was LD in 2011)
Broomhill
East Ecclesfield
Mosborough
Hillsborough
Nether Edge
West Ecclesfield

while the Lib Dems have held Graves Park and Stannington and the Greens have held Central.

[afleitch]

Glasgow First get a councillor in Govan; rest split 2 to Labour and one to the SNP.