Several councils have reported and Labour continues to do very well.
A notable victory is Rushmoor, where Labour has taken a council it has never held before and which was held by Tories the previous 24 years.
To this point, Conservatives have lost more of their existing seats than they have retained, meaning that the election projections appeared to have been right on the mark.
Rushmoor is indeed notable and its a historic win for Labour.
Do you think if the tories do as badly as projected Sunak will be forced to resign or possibly call an early general election?
Honestly not sure how the Conservative party could change leader again and retain any credibility as a government.
Frankly, I would not want to become leader of the Tories right now, knowing the thrashing they are about to get. I would let the ■■■■ fall on Sunak and do the leadership change in the next Parliament.
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Blackpool South results are in and it is a worse gut punch for the Tories than even predicted.
20 point swing to Labour and Conservatives came inches to being outpolled by Reform for second place.
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Milton Keynes falls to Labour in an important benchmark win for Labour.
Past midway in the count.
Conservatives have lost 6 councils to this point, 4 to Labour and 2 to No Overall Control.
Labour has netted 6 councils to this point, gaining 4 from Conservatives, 4 from No Overall Control and losing 2 to No Overall Control.
Both the LibDems and Greens have gained a modest amount of councilors to this point, but have neither gained nor lost council control to this point.
You sir need to be a pundit. Appreciate all the updates.
Even Rees-Moggs cannot spin this. He has not been doing his usual media tour explaining why it was actually a great night for the tories and a bad night for Labour.
In a way, British politics are a bit easier to forecast, due to the frequent polling and the ability to project percentages into seats with more accuracy than is possible in the United States.
Conservatives got a minor break, they lost Dudley, but to No Overall Control, rather than outright to Labour.
Conservatives got massacred in Havant, losing it to No Overall Control. They lost 17 of their 30 seats. Looks like a Labour/LibDem coalition there.
Just think about British cooking and that homesickness will go away ;p
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Beans with everything!!!
I know he’s a British Army vet so I’ll just say think of the L85 mate.
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Looking forward to a breakfast of spam, egg, sausage and spam.
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With absolutely no seasoning.
Which is funny. They conquered all the parts of the world famous for their spices. You’d think some of that would rubber off.
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LibDems pickup Dorset from Conservatives. Not sure what the seat count was, but it had to have been at least a 15 seat swing to LibDems for them to clear the majority.
Just in, Conservatives lose Gloucester to No Overall Control.
102 of 107 Councils reporting to this point.
Conservatives have lost 10 councils and retained 5 to this point.
Labour has held 38 councils, gained 10, lost 2 for a total of 48 at this point.
LibDems have held 10 councils and gained 2 for a total of 12 at this point.
Greens have 0, which is where they started the night at.
No Overall Control has held 29, gained 7,lost 7 for a total of 29 at this point.
But again, still 5 councils pending.
Ok I’m not exactly super smart on their system but what exactly is a council? Is that similar to a district here or is something totally different?
Councils are the primary local unit of government. Four different types, Metropolitan Boroughs & Unitary Authorities, both of which are single tier authorities and County Councils and District Authorities, which are a two tier system.
In the vast majority of cases, the council has direct executive authority, with the Mayor being ceremonial only, but some locations have elected Mayors who have executive authority.
London has a different setup, with an elected assembly.
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The difference between the above basically amount to the scope of responsibility they have. District Authorities are at the bottom with a relatively narrow set of powers and responsibilities.
Ok that makes sense. So like us they use a variety of local governmental systems. Unlike France who has one nationally controlled system that everyone adheres to.
