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T_i_B

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18. Pretty dire in Derbyshire

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #17)

Fri May 5, 2017, 07:18 AM

May 2017

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Most of the swing needed for the Tories to take my seat in a months time seems to be happening in my ward too!

Which is very bad news indeed as we had a very good Labour councillor, the incoming Tory in my ward is pretty dreadful and the Tories have made a lot of promises in the county council election campaign that they will not be able to keep.

The final tally in Derbyshire is like this

http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/derbyshire-county-council-election-results-2017-live-1-8528211

Conservatives: 37 (+19) with a majority of 10

Labour: 24 (-19)

Liberal Democrats: 3

Tories have also won the mayoral contests for West Midlands and Tees Valley. Both utterly dreadful results for Labour, although you do wonder what boundaries were drawn up for those "city regions".

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Local government & Mayoral elections on 4 May [View all] T_i_B Mar 2017 OP

Scotland has local council elections, too. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #1

Well, it's the SNP who have raised the Independence question again T_i_B Mar 2017 #2

The Unionist side in Scotland hasn't shut up about independence since the last referendum! Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #3

Dare I ask if the SNP are likely to take Argyll & Bute council then? T_i_B Mar 2017 #4

That's a tough call, and beyond my powers of prediction. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #5

Different story where I live T_i_B Mar 2017 #6

I can easily relate to some of those dynamics. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #7

One thing I will say for local situation where I am.... T_i_B Apr 2017 #10

What's their rationale? Denzil_DC Apr 2017 #11

Money. T_i_B Apr 2017 #12

Belatedly, I can now answer this! Denzil_DC May 2017 #25

We'll have elections for Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council LeftishBrit Mar 2017 #8

Lack of affordable housing is a major issue T_i_B Apr 2017 #9

Polling day is today... T_i_B May 2017 #13

I just voted - extremely quiet so far muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #14

Similar story where I live. T_i_B May 2017 #15

Voted this morning LeftishBrit May 2017 #16

Labour losing seats so far. hrmjustin May 2017 #17

Pretty dire in Derbyshire T_i_B May 2017 #18

Hampshire result: collapse of UKIP, to the Tories' benefit muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #19

Some Scottish results now in. Denzil_DC May 2017 #20

What looks like a final tally: Denzil_DC May 2017 #23

As somebody on Tw@tter put it recently.... T_i_B May 2017 #24

Lest anybody imagine we in Scotland are immune Denzil_DC May 2017 #21

Oxfordshire COULD have been worse... LeftishBrit May 2017 #22