Thurs. 6 May 2021 UK Local Elections & Mayors

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English Councils

143 Total Councils
21 County Councils
35 Metropolitan Councils
28 Unitary Authorities
59 District Authorities

Regional Mayors

Cambridge & Peterborough (Con)
Greater Manchester (Lab)
Liverpool City Region (Lab)
London (Lab)
Tees Valley (Con)
West Midlands (Con)
West of England (Con)
West Yorkshire (Undeclared)


And Scotland
has the SNP trying to Stay in Full Power


Ref : SkyNewsHD All Out Politics


Northern Ireland not in this.

This Local Elections was meant to be last year.
So this could be a bigger turn out.

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An Observer Poll
has Labour getting more level

Local Elections are this Thursday (Last Year they cancelled them)
best to take your own pen or pencil.


I will be going very early.

Some results may not come until the following Monday.

Will Covid effect the Turnout, many think it could.

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[bots]

i've never voted in a local council election, and i'm not going to start now

[arista]

i've never voted in a local council election, and i'm not going to start now


Thats a Fair Comment
It is expected to be a fair amount going to vote

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Line of Duty star Martin Compston urges Scots to vote for the SNP in Thursday election

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9537309/Line-Duty-star-Martin-Compston-urges-Scots-vote-SNP.html

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[arista]

"Martin Compston"

He should stay out of Politics

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[arista]

16-17 year olds can vote
in Scotland and Wales.

Not in England
this time round.


Was debated on Politics Live
BBC2HD.

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[UserSince2005]

Laurence Fox is getting my vote because hes an absolute hottie.
and taller than rat man saddick khan.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/05/10/42598292-9544591-image-a-42_1620206810441.jpg
[Mr Johnson took a bike ride with West Midlands
mayor Andy Street (left) on the last day before voters go to the polls]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/05/00/42580304-9543169-The_graphic_shows_Labour_s_poll_position_in_the_up coming_electio-a-40_1620172383759.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/05/10/42599506-9544591-Keir_Starmer-m-47_1620208497967.jpg
Sorting Food for the Less off.
Keir Starmer ( in Pontefract today)

[arista]

I just Voted

No one else early at 7AM

[Cherie]

Think you are always first in Arista

[Oliver_W]

A message for Tory and SNP voters:

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[arista]

A message for Tory and SNP voters:

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Yes good
For SNP

[joeysteele]

I'm not expecting to be celebrating much, if anything over this weekend from these elections.

I hope Labour retain power in the Welsh assembly, overall they've done well in Wales in the pandemic.

I would love to see Nicola Sturgeon with the SNP get a repeat result of last time or just get those extra seats to win something, that was thought likely impossible under PR, to get an overall majority.

I can't believe up in the North East another seat will fall to the Cons.
Really strange to reject a Con party in 2019.
To now add to it's power to be more heartless to the weakest in society.

Politics is a strange and crazy mess all through at present
We need PR now for ALL elections.
It's only Parliamentary and council ones that don't use PR in some way now.

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[bots]

How is Alex doing in the polls?

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How is Alex doing in the polls?


He said he is Rising

[bots]

He said he is Rising

yeah, but what about the polls?

[arista]

yeah, but what about the polls?


Some papers think he may win a few seats

[joeysteele]

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You and I rarely agree LT.

However, on that you've posted we do.

All but 5 of my Cousins who live in Scotland and the bulk of my friends up there, have told me they will be voting SNP.

Actually, I would be myself if I lived there and had a vote.

I really wish Nicola Sturgeon success in this election.
There's no other leader across the UK who I believe could warrant success more than her.

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Keir Starmer says he will take responsibility for election results


Thats the Spirit.



Video of Starmer, Yesterday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-56979360

[James]

The SNP are just going to keep complaining about getting 'Indyref2'. That needs to go in the bin.

[arista]

The SNP are just going to keep complaining about getting 'Indyref2'. That needs to go in the bin.


Yes She is going to Get Your Scotland
with Border Controls?



No wonder the UK Prime Minister
will not grant her/

[Alf]

I don't have a clue who I'm voting for, I don't even know who the candidate options are for me. I'll shuffle along to the polling station soon and have a look who's on the paper, then maybe I'll give one of them my vote, or I might just write "Trump won" on my ballot

[arista]

Scotland is not going start to count
until 9AM on Saturday

So some results Sunday.

ITV1HDnews.

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AM Time polling station in Dulwich Village, London

[bots]

the standard of voter seems much improved

[Alf]

My options were, Conservative, Labour or Libs.

So I just wrote "Trump won" across my ballot. I'm such a rebel.

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[Cherie]

Have we off loaded Scotland yet :fc:

[Tom4784]

I voted earlier. I went for the green candidates with the exception of one in which I went with an independent.

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Early results show the Conservatives have gained Harlow from Labour.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c481drqqzv7t/england-local-elections-2021

https://news.sky.com/story/elections-2021-polling-stations-close-on-a-day-that-could-have-big-implications-for-labour-and-future-of-the-uk-12298858

[arista]

Nuneaton & Bedworth was NOC
but tonight Conservatives Gained it
10 Labour Council Members have gone.
10 Conservatives took their place.

SkyNewsHD Expert
said that was Brutal.

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So Far

Labour Down 38 seats

Conservatives UP 40 Seats

SkyNewsHD, BBC, Times Radio DAB

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Labours Steve Read MP
did a good job on GMBHD itv
he is going on all channels

Admitting the Labour Party is still growing.

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GMBHD itv
had a new Clip from yesterday
SNP leader bumping into a Britain First Lady.

Nicola Shouted you are Racist & Fascist

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Greens take from Labour.

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Another Green Win taken from Labour.

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Conservatives have now taken Dudley
from Labour.

GMBHD itv Live.


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[user104658]

Scotland is not going start to count
until 9AM on Saturday

So some results Sunday.

ITV1HDnews.

46 should be declared by tonight, another 27 aren't counting until Saturday.

If the SNP do take a convincing majority and things continue as they are in England (Tory gains across the board) it really does paint a pretty stark picture that can't be ignored.

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46 should be declared by tonight, another 27 aren't counting until Saturday.

If the SNP do take a convincing majority and things continue as they are in England (Tory gains across the board) it really does paint a pretty stark picture that can't be ignored.



Yes lets hope so.

[Nicky91]

46 should be declared by tonight, another 27 aren't counting until Saturday.

If the SNP do take a convincing majority and things continue as they are in England (Tory gains across the board) it really does paint a pretty stark picture that can't be ignored.

hope Tories also are victorious in Scotland, rather than the troll Sturgeon

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Conservatives Take Harlow
from Labour


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[Crimson Dynamo]

wee Nic taking on Britain First

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[user104658]

hope Tories also are victorious in Scotland, rather than the troll Sturgeon

The question is SNP minority government or SNP majority government (because we use a form of proportional representation). Tories can in theory gain seats but the SNP will remain the biggest party by a long way... sorry Nicky :hee:.

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wee Nic taking on Britain First

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Yes only GMBHD itv showed it
so far

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[joeysteele]

Absolute nightmare for Labour these results.
Total nightmare.

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[arista]

Absolute nightmare for Labour these results.
Total nightmare.

Yes
Even Lib Dems took Councils from Labour.

[Liam-]

This is what Keir deserves, he spent too long faffing about trying to purge any remaining lefties, that he’s taken his eyes off the ball and hasn’t been doing his job of being an actual opposition leader, I wonder who he’ll blame this time though

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Scotland Result: SNP Hold

Aberdeen Donside
Clear Win SNP Jackie Dunbar 18,514

Conservative 9,488 (that vote has gone up)
Labour 5,505
LibDem 2,162

Ref: BBCNewsHD

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Lib Dems hold Orkney

The Lib Dem vote was actually down with a 4.8% swing from the party to the SNPs Robert Leslie.

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So Jackie Dunbar is the first SNP MSP taking Aberdeen Donside comfortably, a hold for her party.

Remember Mark McDonald had to resign from the SNP and become an independent due to his behaviour towards women.

The turnout was 57.8% with a swing of 6.2% from the SNP to the Conservatives.

This was nowhere near enough to present a serious threat to the SNP, who won by more than 9,000 votes.

BBC Scotland

also, Aberdeen are pro union so if the tories were going to get votes, it would be from there

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Scotland:

It appears that turnout has gone up for this election – every seat which has verified ballots so far has reported a rise of 5-10 points.

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[Tom4784]

Nothing will stop the tories now, the public are too happy with the boot on their necks as long as that boot is blue.

Pathetic.

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Patrick Harvie, the Scottish Greens leader, has blamed supporters of Alex Salmond’s nationalist Alba party for a “torrent” of homophobic and transphobic abuse during the election campaign.

Harvie said the abuse has included smears about paedophilia, abusive attacks on his sexuality and transphobic attacks on the gender identity of other Scottish Green party candidates, including the party’s co-leader, Lorna Slater.

“I have honestly never seen anything like the torrent of homophobic and transphobic abuse, not just at me but directed at other less high-profile members of my party as well, and of other political parties too,” Harvie said. “In the last year or so it has increased markedly and in the last few weeks it has been turned up to maximum volume, and it’s deeply disturbing.”

Scottish Green party officials said some tweets had been taken down after complaints to Twitter, but others, including homophobic slurs directed at Harvie, were still live on the platform.
Harvie said Salmond, the former first minister who founded Alba earlier this year, had also tolerated “some really dangerous conspiracy theories” from Alba candidates and supporters alleging, wrongly, that the Greens and leading gay rights groups endorsed cutting the age of consent to 10. “This is reminiscent of nothing more than the QAnon conspiracies in the US. It is genuinely dangerous for that kind of thing to enter Scottish politics,” Harvie said.

Similar homophobic and transphobic comments had been posted by supporters of George Galloway’s anti-nationalist party All for Unity, which is also putting up list candidates in Thursday’s elections, Harvie said. Galloway is standing on the South of Scotland list.

“A lot of it on social media has Alex Salmond’s party logo,” Harvie said. “And those in George Galloway’s other ego-trip party who are spouting the same stuff. I’m someone who has been in elected politics for some time, but if you’re a young activist in your late teens or early 20s it’s genuinely traumatic and dangerous.”

Salmond said he did not accept that Alba activists and candidates were guilty of trans- or homophobia, but said intemperate language was widespread in contemporary politics.

“Candidates, activists, members, supporters go over the score on social media,” he said. “I don’t think they should do that. I deprecate that, and I think social media tends to engender an atmosphere where otherwise sensible people step out of line, and they shouldn’t do it.”

Those included a Scottish Green party candidate in the north-east who had allegedly threatened violence against Alba supporters in a clash online about transphobia, Salmond said

In a statement, Alba denied its supporters, many of whom are openly critical of gender recognition legislation, were transphobes. “It is not reasonable to call people standing up for women’s rights transphobic,” the party said. “No amount of abusive slurs or physical intimidation will prevent Alba from continuing to stand up for the rights of women and girls as we have done in this election.”

Galloway said he, too, had been subject to threatening abuse online, including one alleged threat against his life by a Scottish National party supporter which Galloway reported to the police and said led him to suspend campaigning on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/05/salmond-supporters-accused-of-torrent-of-homophobic-and-transphobic-abuse

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[Alf]

Patrick Harvie, the Scottish Greens leader, has blamed supporters of Alex Salmond’s nationalist Alba party for a “torrent” of homophobic and transphobic abuse during the election campaign.

Harvie said the abuse has included smears about paedophilia, abusive attacks on his sexuality and transphobic attacks on the gender identity of other Scottish Green party candidates, including the party’s co-leader, Lorna Slater.

“I have honestly never seen anything like the torrent of homophobic and transphobic abuse, not just at me but directed at other less high-profile members of my party as well, and of other political parties too,” Harvie said. “In the last year or so it has increased markedly and in the last few weeks it has been turned up to maximum volume, and it’s deeply disturbing.”

Scottish Green party officials said some tweets had been taken down after complaints to Twitter, but others, including homophobic slurs directed at Harvie, were still live on the platform.
Harvie said Salmond, the former first minister who founded Alba earlier this year, had also tolerated “some really dangerous conspiracy theories” from Alba candidates and supporters alleging, wrongly, that the Greens and leading gay rights groups endorsed cutting the age of consent to 10. “This is reminiscent of nothing more than the QAnon conspiracies in the US. It is genuinely dangerous for that kind of thing to enter Scottish politics,” Harvie said.

Similar homophobic and transphobic comments had been posted by supporters of George Galloway’s anti-nationalist party All for Unity, which is also putting up list candidates in Thursday’s elections, Harvie said. Galloway is standing on the South of Scotland list.

“A lot of it on social media has Alex Salmond’s party logo,” Harvie said. “And those in George Galloway’s other ego-trip party who are spouting the same stuff. I’m someone who has been in elected politics for some time, but if you’re a young activist in your late teens or early 20s it’s genuinely traumatic and dangerous.”

Salmond said he did not accept that Alba activists and candidates were guilty of trans- or homophobia, but said intemperate language was widespread in contemporary politics.

“Candidates, activists, members, supporters go over the score on social media,” he said. “I don’t think they should do that. I deprecate that, and I think social media tends to engender an atmosphere where otherwise sensible people step out of line, and they shouldn’t do it.”

Those included a Scottish Green party candidate in the north-east who had allegedly threatened violence against Alba supporters in a clash online about transphobia, Salmond said

In a statement, Alba denied its supporters, many of whom are openly critical of gender recognition legislation, were transphobes. “It is not reasonable to call people standing up for women’s rights transphobic,” the party said. “No amount of abusive slurs or physical intimidation will prevent Alba from continuing to stand up for the rights of women and girls as we have done in this election.”

Galloway said he, too, had been subject to threatening abuse online, including one alleged threat against his life by a Scottish National party supporter which Galloway reported to the police and said led him to suspend campaigning on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/05/salmond-supporters-accused-of-torrent-of-homophobic-and-transphobic-abuse

:skull:Cry Wolf!

[arista]

Wales Conservative Hold

Russell George 12,013


PC E. Wallace 485
LD A. Alexander 4,207
Labour K. Duerden 3,576


BBCnewsHD

[arista]

Nothing will stop the tories now, the public are too happy with the boot on their necks as long as that boot is blue.

Pathetic.


Not on my neck

[arista]

Police Commissioners:

Cleveland: Conservative Gain

Steve Turner 74,023



Labour: 39,467


BBCnewsHD

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Scotland Clydebank SNP Hold


SNP : 17,787





Labour : 12,513
Conservative : 4,153


BBCnewsHD
BBC1 ScotlandHD

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SNP hold Clydebank and Milngavie
The SNP's Marie McNair wins Clydebank and Milngavie, which was held by the party's Gil Paterson who held the seat for 10 years before retiring at the end of the last parliament.

Labour, who also came second in 2016, were up 10% but were still 5,000 behind the SNP.

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Keep an eye on tactical voting

Nick Eardley

Political correspondent

Over the next few hours, as Scottish results drip in, keep an eye out for the battle between SNP turnout and pro-union tactical voting.

I’m told Labour are confident in Edinburgh Southern – and believe tactical voting for their candidate has gone up. Labour sources believe that’s happening in some other places where there is an obvious challenger to the SNP.

Contrast that with Edinburgh Central, one of the top target seats for the SNP. The Tories are admitting that it is looking difficult for them in Ruth Davidson’s old seat.

If the SNP win there, the path to an overall majority is a bit clearer. In places like Dumbarton and East Lothian – where Labour will rely on tactical voting to hold the seats – things are still up in the air. It’s early in the day – apply caution. But keep an eye on this.

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Scotland SNP HOLD
Na h-Eleanan an lar


SNP : 7,454



Labour: 4,013

BBCnewsHD

[arista]

Prime Minister is Live with his new MP Jill Mortimer

BBCnewsHD

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The SNP will be worried'

Professor Sir John Curtice

Polling expert

The first three declarations in Scotland show a six point increase in turnout. Evidently, the constitutional debate has engaged voters in Scotland, despite a campaign that has been limited by the pandemic.

Meanwhile Clydebank and Milngavie is the first central belt constituency to declare, albeit a safe SNP one.

The SNP will be worried about the fact that Labour's vote is up by as much as 10 points while their own is down by two.

There is as much as a seven-point drop in the Conservative vote which may be a sign of tactical voting in favour of the second place Labour candidate.

[Tom4784]

Not on my neck

The boot is on all of our necks whether we voted for it or not, the ignorant majority will ensure that's the case for years to come.

[The Slim Reaper]

2 in 5 health care workers voted tory :joker:

[arista]

England Local Elections 2021

Conservative : 164 Change : + 56
Labour : 141 Change : -57
LibDem : 40 Change + 4
Green : 7 Change +3
Other : 24 Change : -6



Councils Declared : 17
No Over All Control : 3


ITV1HD news

[Tom4784]

2 in 5 health care workers voted tory :joker:

If that's true, it just goes to show how spineless this country is, how indoctrinated we truly are.

[arista]

Cambridgeshire goes to No Over Control


Conservative lost.

SkyNewsHD

[Alf]

2 in 5 health care workers voted tory :joker:Who was counting? Or is that just someone's guess passed off as a fact?

[Crimson Dynamo]

I wonder when Sir Keir will say "lessons must be learned"?

:joker:

[Alf]

I wonder when Sir Keir will say "lessons must be learned"?

:joker:Don't get on your knees when a group of political activists, who are smashing up the place, tell you too.

People don't want to see their leaders on their knees.

There's a lesson for him. He can have that one for free.

[arista]

Scotland : Perthshire North

SNP HOLD

[Crimson Dynamo]

The SNP's Karen Adam has won Banff and Buchan, with 45.2% of the vote.

But the Scottish Conservatives, in second place, reduced the SNP's majority by almost 6,000 to just 772.

That means the SNP majority has been slashed from 23% to 2.3%.

There has been a huge swing of 10.3% from the SNP to the Tories.

The turnout is up to 56.1%.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The SNP's Willie Coffey holds Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley with 52.7% of the vote.

His majority of 11,681, ahead of Labour in second, was up on the last election.

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SNP Hold Glasgow Anniesland


SNP Hold Falkirk East

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[Alf]

"Cockermouth"


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[Crimson Dynamo]

SNP gain East Lothian from Labour

Big result

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Wales : Conservative Gain: Vale of Clwyd


Gareth Davies 10,792

Labour : 10,426


BBCnewsHD

[arista]

Conservative Mayor Round 1 Tees Valley

121,964 Conservative Ben Houchen


Labour : 45,641


SkyNewsHD


Round 1 Result so High
Expected to Win Round 2

[Alf]

Brendan pretty much nails it.



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[The Slim Reaper]

Brendan pretty much nails it.



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He'd have a point if the country wasn't in love with the Eaton, should have run out of grenfell, let the bodies pile high party.

[arista]

Starmer has Spoken

He said its not about Left or Right.

[arista]

Labour Win Liverpool.

Live : SkyNewsHD


Joanne Anderson Labour 85,451

Stephen Yip Independent 54,126


She apologised about the Corruption.

[Alf]

Starmer has Spoken

He said its not about Left or Right.He's right! It's not. It's about representation.

[Crimson Dynamo]

SNP hold Caithness and Sutherland and Ross

Lib Dem target

[Crimson Dynamo]

The SNP's Fulton McGregor has held Coatbridge and Chryston, with a majority that was increased by more than 5,000.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Wee Nic wins her seat

[arista]

Wee Nic wins her seat


Labour Leader is 2nd

[Crimson Dynamo]

Labour Leader is 2nd

Nichola has just said that he is a friend of hers

she also stuck it in to Britain First who got 46 votes:hehe:

[arista]

Nicola Surgeon SNP 19,735



Ans Sarwar Labour 10,279

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[smudgie]

Conservative Mayor Round 1 Tees Valley

121,964 Conservative Ben Houchen


Labour : 45,641


SkyNewsHD


Round 1 Result so High
Expected to Win Round 2

He has been re-elected.
:cheer2::cheer2:

[arista]

Another Labour Loss


Sheffield Goes to No Overall Control

Greens added 5.



SkyNewsHD Live

[bots]

at the moment the conservatives are +95 and labour are down > 120

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Also:

Delyn Wales

Labour Hold

BBC1HD

[Alf]

at the moment the conservatives are +95 and labour are down > 120They're finished, no coming back. The door is wide open for a new opposition.

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Scotland

So far in the 21 seats declared, no party's vote is up or down by more than one point as compared with 2016.

If this pattern continues the SNP will need to get an above average swing in the crucial marginal seats if they are going to reach the 65 mark.

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ITV1HD London News

Says Mayor Kahn Vs Bailey
is now closer in votes

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[arista]

Corbyn is Live on Ch4HDnews.

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[Crimson Dynamo]

What's the story so far?

The latest results and key developments from the count:

Three seats have changed hands - all won by the SNP. Angus Robertson triumphed in Edinburgh Central, the seat formerly held by Ruth Davidson, with a majority of 4,732.

Earlier, the SNP took East Lothian from Labour with a majority of 1,179 and they beat the Conservatives in Ayr by 170 votes, the tightest result so far.
With 43 seats declared, the SNP have 36 MSPs, the Lib Dems four and the Conservatives two

Nicola Sturgeon was comfortably elected in Glasgow Southside, her vote just slightly down on last time. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar came second, increasing his party's share of the vote by 8.5%
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie was happy with a "stonking" win in North East Fife and there was also an increased majority for fellow Lib Dem Alex Cole-Hamilton in Edinburgh Western.

The Lib Dems held on to all four of their constituency seats but failed to take Caithness, Sutherland and Ross from the SNP, and their majority in Shetland was slashed to just 806 by the SNP.
The Scottish Conservatives have two MSPs so far - Rachael Hamilton was well ahead of her nearest rival in Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire although with a reduced majority, while Oliver Mundell increased his majority in Dumfriesshire.

The Tories came a close second in Banffshire and Buchan Coast, trailing the SNP by just 772 votes.

There was disappointment for Labour in Rutherglen where the controversy over the former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier failed to translate into a win over the SNP's Clare Haughey.

The full list vote results won't emerge until Saturday but in the small number of constituencies which have given details, Alex Salmond's Alba party is polling about 2% and the Greens 7%

Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes were both returned with increased majorities. Ms Forbes took 56.1% of the vote in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Ms Sturgeon told the BBC she felt "pretty happy" with the results so far. She says a comfortable SNP win "is certain", even if it remains unclear if she'll command an overall majority

[arista]

Scotland
Alba have beaten LibDems
in one zone

Alex Says
on BBCnewsHD

[Crimson Dynamo]

Professor Sir John Curtice

Polling expert

The successful Conservative defence of Eastwood significantly reduces the SNP's chances of winning an overall majority.

This appeared to be among the more likely places where the SNP might win one of the key opposition marginal seats that were left to declare.

[bots]

If anyone was going to vote Conservative Eastwood would :smug:

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https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/07/21/42712036-9555423-image-a-22_1620420700890.jpg
[A former Labour MP suggests to me that many
northern working-class voters see Labour
as an elitist party of ‘the university educated and privileged’]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9555423/STEPHEN-GLOVERS-devastating-verdict-astonishing-polling-day-changed-everything.html

[arista]

Wales Labour
appears to have done well.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-57009547

[joeysteele]

Wales Labour
appears to have done well.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-57009547



I think that's down this time to Mark Drakeford and his efforts in the greater part.

Thankfully Wales however, does still see through the Cons unlike England.

[bots]

people do not become stupid, uninformed or arse lickers when they choose a different political option to our own. Accusing others of that is simply playground mentality :laugh:

[joeysteele]

people do not become stupid, uninformed or arse lickers when they choose a different political option to our own. Accusing others of that is simply playground mentality :laugh:

If that's a dig at my comment.
Fair enough.
I stand by it however.

Across N Ireland, even in the DUP supporters there's dismay with the Cons and the government.

Scottish voters have strongly rejected the Cons for decades.

Now so do Wales

They're not stupid either.

There is however a good, not majority of voters across England ONLY who don't seem able to see through the Cons, nor even try to.

I say that too as someone who is English, born in Worcestershire.

[arista]

Conservative Gain

Cannock Chase From NOC


BBCnewsHD say Andy Street
Conservative Mayor is expected to stay in power

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[James]

What a lot of the commentary about this election has missed is that we are still in the middle of this pandemic crisis, and it is unclear when normal life will return, and that is the main thing people are interested in.

I think that is a big reason they have favoured voting for the current administrations.

[arista]

What a lot of the commentary about this election has missed is that we are still in the middle of this pandemic crisis, and it is unclear when normal life will return, and that is the main thing people are interested in.

I think that is a big reason they have favoured voting for the current administrations.



Yes hence
BBC1 ScotlandHD
BBC1HD
SkyNewsHD
LBC

On a Saturday still waiting for slow counts to finish


China's Covid-19 has slowed everything down.

[arista]

SkyNewsHD

has done House of Commons Projection

Conservative new Majority :48


Conservative 349 -16
Labour 206 +3
SNP 50 +2
LibDem 22 +11
Other 23 0

[Tom4784]

Voting for a failing government that shows, each day that it's increasingly corrupt because it's familiar is foolish though.

People shouldn't tolerate wanton incompetence out of fear of the unknown.

[arista]

Voting for a failing government that shows, each day that it's increasingly corrupt because it's familiar is foolish though.

People shouldn't tolerate wanton incompetence out of fear of the unknown.




Yes but that Conservative Mayor Ben
brought in Free parking
Privatised the Airport.



Labour Voters like him.

Owen on BBC1HD Live

[arista]

London Mayor Latest

Khan 40%
Bailey 35%

So it now has to go to 2nd preferences
later tonight around 8:30AM or 10AM Sunday?


SkyNewsHD London Reporter City Hall.

[Tom4784]

Yes but that Conservative Mayor Ben
brought in Free parking
Privatised the Airport.



Labour Voters like him.

Owen on BBC1HD Live

They're just voting for the wolf in their grandmother's clothing. Fools.

[arista]

They're just voting for the wolf in their grandmother's clothing. Fools.



You can say that
but locals are not with you........................

2nd BBC Video


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[Tom4784]

It doesn't matter whether they're with me or not. I can understand the rich voting tory, they benefit from doing so, but the middle and working classes make fools of themselves by voting Tory and they always have.

[joeysteele]

So pleased to see the great result for Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester.

This guy should have been leader of the Labour Party.

[arista]

It doesn't matter whether they're with me or not. I can understand the rich voting tory, they benefit from doing so, but the middle and working classes make fools of themselves by voting Tory and they always have.


OK

But Working Class have had enough
of Starmer. (The Current Labour Leader)


2 Days of debates on BBC2HD Newsnight.
and Ch4HDnews

[arista]

So pleased to see the great result for Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester.

This guy should have been leader of the Labour Party.


Yes an Easy Win for him
Live now both news Channels
Attacking London and the South, again.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Senior Conservatives now believe that Nicola Sturgeon is on course for an SNP
majority despite failing to win several key constituencies.

Senior Conservatives now believe that Nicola Sturgeon is on course for an SNP
majority despite failing to win several key constituencies.

David Mundell, the former Scottish Secretary, told BBC Scotland: "I accept that
the SNP is going to win and I anticipate they'll have a majority because it's
clear they're actually going to pick up some list seats."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/05/08/local-election-news-results-scotland-london-hartlepool-boris/

[arista]

SNP current total 57

They hope to reach 65.



Good news for The UK Prime Minister
who will Block Indy2

BBC1 ScotlandHD
SkyNewsHD


[B]Conservative Hold Aberdeenshire West

[Crimson Dynamo]

The BBC predicts that the SNP will win the election with 63 seats.

That's two seats shy of the 65 needed for a majority in Holyrood.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Kaukab Stewart has won Glasgow Kelvin for the SNP, becoming the first woman of colour to be elected in the 22 years since the Scottish Parliament was reconvened.

The 53-year-old teacher has stood at five elections going all the way back to when she ran against Scottish Labour leader Donald Dewar in 1999.

Ms Stewart takes over the seat from Sandra White who stood down at the election.

She won with a majority of 5,458 over the Scottish Greens.

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Senior Conservatives now believe that Nicola Sturgeon is on course for an SNP
majority despite failing to win several key constituencies.

Senior Conservatives now believe that Nicola Sturgeon is on course for an SNP
majority despite failing to win several key constituencies.

David Mundell, the former Scottish Secretary, told BBC Scotland: "I accept that
the SNP is going to win and I anticipate they'll have a majority because it's
clear they're actually going to pick up some list seats."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/05/08/local-election-news-results-scotland-london-hartlepool-boris/


Of Course She will Win
but Not Enough
to ask for indy2

Bliss

[joeysteele]

Of Course She will Win
but Not Enough
to ask for indy2

Bliss

The Greens in the Scottish parliament support a new referendum.
They'll pass the request.

Johnson then needs to be made to decide whether he leads a democratic Nation or is he a Dictator to some of its citizens.

Because Scots voters will have elected the SNP and Greens, who both in their manifests were calling for a new referendum.

To really ignore that, is abuse of power and dictatorship.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Of Course She will Win
but Not Enough
to ask for indy2

Bliss

the green number of MSP's is up to 9 now and they support Independence so the moral authority will be stronger than before

utter Bliss

[Crimson Dynamo]

So pleased to see the great result for Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester.

This guy should have been leader of the Labour Party.

Yes agree with this a decent man and good news for Manchester and AnnieK

[arista]

Andy Burnham
The Manchester Mayor has not ruled out
becoming Labour Leader.

SkyNewsHD
he told Sophie he has left the door open
with Labour.

[arista]

the green number of MSP's is up to 9 now and they support Independence so the moral authority will be stronger than before

utter Bliss



The PM will not count the Green extra's

[Crimson Dynamo]

The PM will not count the Green extra's

he will or wee Nic will tear him a new one:nono:

[arista]

West Of England Mayor

Labour Gain Dan Norris 125,482

Conservative S. Williams 86,815

[arista]

he will or wee Nic will tear him a new one:nono:


It will go to our High Court
Blocking You.


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It will go to our High Court
Blocking You.

Conservatives and SNP agree on one thing - indyref2 won't happen any time soon

https://news.sky.com/story/conservatives-and-snp-agree-on-one-thing-indyref2-wont-happen-any-time-soon-12300228

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Conservatives
are Number 2 Party in Wales and Scotland

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Southampton

Conservative Gain. From Labour


SkyNewsHD Live

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is this huge success for Boris in England a pat on the back that he and his team have handled the Pandemic well?

[Kate!]

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I'd love him to do it. Lot of time for this man. He's great. Go on Andy.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Sturgeon: 'A quite extraordinary achievement for the SNP'
Nicola Sturgeon says she said all along that a majority for the SNP was a long shot.

However she adds: "I am thrilled with our result."

The SNP leader says her party has won the highest share and highest number of votes of any party in the history of devolution.

"By any standards this is a historic achievement, a quite extraordinary achievement for the SNP," she adds.

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West Midlands Mayor


Andy Street Has Beaten Labour

Well Done Andy

After 2 rounds of Votes
Andy Street Conservative 314,669

Liam Byrne Labour 267,626


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E04WTnKWEAM7QgI?format=jpg&name=small

[bots]

Is this huge success for Boris in England a pat on the back that he and his team have handled the Pandemic well?

i think the vaccine rollout will have contributed to it, which would never happened at the pace it did if we were still in the EU

[arista]

SkyNewsHD

Latest Numbers for London Mayor

Sadiq Khan 487,104

Shaun Bailey 462,837

[arista]

Sadiq Kahn is the Mayor of London

[Cherie]

Sadiq Kahn is the Mayor of London

Howling at how close it was given the polls had him so far ahead :laugh:

[joeysteele]

Khan still won with a higher percentage than Johnson won both his terms of Mayor with.

Just to balance the anti Labour points.

[arista]

From BBC:

Councillors

Conservative +239

Labour - 301

LibDem -8

Green +70

[bots]

A candidate running to be Wiltshire's next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has been disbarred after a historical driving offence emerged.

Jonathon Seed was the Conservative Party's candidate to replace fellow Tory Angus Macpherson.

A party spokesperson confirmed Mr Seed had been disbarred, while Mr Seed told the BBC he had withdrawn himself.

Vote counting for the PCC post is due to start in Salisbury at 10:00 GMT on Monday and is set to go ahead.

If Mr Seed wins the vote, another election will need to be held.

He said he had been advised by his party that a 30-year-old drink driving offence would not affect his candidacy and that he believed he was eligible.

Mr Seed said he was "bitterly disappointed" that he will now no longer be able to take up the post if he wins the vote and wished Mr Macpherson's eventual replacement "every success in the role".

"I will continue with my work as a local councillor and within the local community, to which I have dedicated my life for the past 20 years," he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57048309

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that's a bit harsh

[joeysteele]

West Midlands Mayor


Andy Street Has Beaten Labour

Well Done Andy

After 2 rounds of Votes
Andy Street Conservative 314,669

Liam Byrne Labour 267,626


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E04WTnKWEAM7QgI?format=jpg&name=small

He was the incumbent.

This wasn't in any way a surprise to me from those I've contacted in the area.

[arista]

Labour Gain


Tracy Brabin is the New West Yorkshire Mayor

Tracy Brabin Labour 310,923



M. Robinson Conservative 209,137

[arista]

Conservative Hold

Worthing


Adur

[arista]

Tunbridge Wells

Moves From Conservative to NOC

[joeysteele]

Labour Gain


Tracy Brabin is the New West Yorkshire Mayor

Tracy Brabin Labour 310,923


M. Robinson Conservative 209,137

I'm really pleased with this.

[arista]

In London
there was a massive 87,000
votes were rejected

Putting the 2nd X
in the wrong place.

[arista]

From SkyNews

19:52

Labour wins 11 mayoral elections and the Tories 2

[arista]

Police Commissioner

Southampton Conservative Win
East Sussex Conservative Hold
Dartford Conservative Hold