Local and Mayoral Elections 2017

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Much of Britain today apart from Northern Ireland is voting in their local elections and Mayoral elections.

Not all areas are up for election as usual, so many areas like mine are voting for a City Mayor but not councillors. It purely depends on where you live and what electoral cycle your area is in (many councils elect a third of their composition every year so it takes a three-year cycle). The seats up for election today were last up for election in 2013.

The composition in this 'batch' currently stands at the following below.


Labour Party – 1,535 seats

Conservative and Unionist Party – 1,136 seats

Liberal Democrats – 484 seats

SNP – 438 seats

Plaid Cymru – 170 seats

UKIP – 146 seats

Green Party – 34 seats


So for an idea of how the night has gone, consult changes on those numbers.

I voted earlier for the Liverpool City Region Mayor. It was a two choice question so I put Conservative as first choice followed by Ukip as second choice. Given Liverpool is the strongest Labour area in the country fully expecting them to win hands down, if they don't get over 50% then that in itself is shocking.

What about you? Have you voted today, what in and who for?

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Sounds like Tories also taken a ward in Ferguslie Park which is one of most deprived places in the whole country

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) May 5, 2017

Tories have won a seat in a Glasgow ward where life expectancy was once rated below Iraq

— Steve Hawkes (@steve_hawkes) May 5, 2017

A night of mixed fortunes for UKIP.
They've lost every Council seat but have gained overall control of the Conservative Party https://t.co/j1NBleQh0T

— Matthew Green (@MatthewGreen02) May 5, 2017

Britain seeing "realignment of the right", similar to '90s Canada, a contagion from the right. Ukip makes way for new era of right dominance

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) May 5, 2017

Do you remember when @OwenJones84 told us @jeremycorbyn would win back Scotland from the SNP? He didn't say it would be for the Tories.

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) May 5, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn's left-wing Labour Party has lost control of Merthyr Tydfil, heart of the industrial revolution & Keir Hardie. Speaks volumes.

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) May 5, 2017

David Cameron wanted to reunite the Conservative party by defeating the eurosecptics. Instead, his defeat has had the same effect.

— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) May 5, 2017

This election is going to answer the question: whatever happened to the 48%? And the answer will be that many shrugged and backed Brexit.

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) May 5, 2017

Seems that May is riding a purple wave to Downing Street. Meanwhile, Simon Hughes and Andrew Gwynne are rowing about the Coalition.

— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) May 4, 2017

Story of the night is Ukip completely collapsing into the Tories, Labour losing in areas that have been Labour since forever, Liberal Democrat fightback is non-existent, the SNP have shuddered to a grinding halt and Unionist voters are now rallying around the Tories.