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There is now only one Conservative-run local authority in Oxfordshire: thats Cherwell district, where the Tory majority is down to 25 seats against 9 Labour, 7 Lib Dems, 5 independents and 2 Greens. This is a marginal county division which is often closely fought between the Lib Dems and Conservatives; the Lib Dems gained it at the 2021 county elections with 37% of the vote, against 31% for the Conservatives and 23% for an independent candidate. In 2019 Torbay council returned 15 Conservatives, 13 Lib Dems and 8 independents; the Lib Dems subsequently lost a by-election to the Conservatives in November 2019. The map above was of the 2019 local election results in Tunbridge Wells, which was seen at the time as a shocking result off the back of a controversial proposal by the council to build a new civic and arts centre on a local park. BBC - East Midlands Today - Presenters - Natalie Jackson This coalition fell in 2020 after two councillors who supported it died and the COVID pandemic prevented by-elections being held to replace them; that gave the Conservatives the votes to no-confidence the Lib Dem leader and form a minority administration. The main transmitter for the programme is Waltham near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. Crossing the Avon and bypassing Bristol, we come to South Gloucestershire which has a small Conservative majority: the 2019 elections returned 33 Conservative councillors against 17 Lib Dems and 11 Labour. The last county we need to cover in this region is Hertfordshire. That was after transfers, and Abrahams lead on first preferences was a rather more comfortable 1,021 votes: this comes to just 29%, but under the new mayoral election rules that would have won his seat on a freak vote split against 25% for Allsop, 20% for another independent and 15% for the Conservatives. (2023) Instagram Share Other Blocked: What Does It Mean? Also here we find the only by-election taking place in the West Midlands region on 4th May. The use of the Single Transferable Vote in the Six Counties makes counting a rather slow process, and there is a significant danger that counts could spill over into the bank holiday weekend. Labour have since recovered their council majority by gaining an independent seat in Pinxton ward at a by-election, and holding that gain at a second by-election. Travelling through the Mersey Tunnels we come to the city of Liverpool, which is moving to whole-council elections this year by government diktat; this is accompanied by a boundary review which has left the citys ward map completely unrecognisable from the above, and by the abolition of the citys Labour-held elected mayoralty. Isaac was born in August 2017. The 2019 local elections reveal a curious geographical divide, with the Conservatives generally performing much better in the western half of the county. ", Then, as a comment is made, she can be seen pointing ahead and saying: "Yeah, like that.". VideoThe secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, LGBT troops take love for Eurovision to front line, Why an Indian comedian is challenging fake news rules. In terms of celebrity candidates, former Conservative councillor David Van Day is not standing again after narrowly losing his seat on the council last year; but student journalist and GB News contributor Sophie Corcoran has been selected as the Conservative candidate for the safe-Labour ward of Chadwell St Mary. We use media and communications to help reduce poverty and support people in understanding their rights. The Dorset council elected in 2019 had a five-year term and will next face the electorate in 2024, so there are no local elections there either. You can also support future previews by donating to the Local Elections Archive Project (link). Following a by-election gain, the Greens are defending Heavitree ward. These new insurgent groups left the May 2019 local elections alone. BBC East Midlands Today - YouTube Gorse Lane Quarry - East Midlands Today, 4th June 2015 (Sarah Teale reporting) Gorse Lane Quarry - East Midlands Today, 4th June 2015. Labour need seven gains for a majority while the Lib Dems need three; Labour will be looking to see off the Greens in the city-centre wards of Guildhall and Micklegate, but with most of Yorks wards being quite safe both parties will need a large swing to them for a chance of overall control. The Conservatives have secure majorities in the South Staffordshire, Lichfield and Tamworth districts. A recent split in the ruling Conservatives means that Canterbury has fallen into No Overall Control going into these elections. In Wakefield the Tories are down one seat before they even start, after Angela Taylor the outgoing Conservative councillor for the marginal Ossett ward withdrew her candidacy at the last moment and the Tories did not nominate anyone to replace her. Stafford, however, has gone the other way after two Conservative councillors went independent. Did you ever think youd see the day when Labour won more seats in Tunbridge Wells than the Conservatives? Splits in the Conservative and Labour groups mean that there is now a majority of independent councillors although they are not a united bloc, and one of the independent groups is running the show in coalition with the Greens. By-elections in this term (and there have been a lot of them) have been all over the place; add in the effect of new ward boundaries, and it would be a brave person who would try and predict this one. This column is old enough to remember when changes to electoral systems were seen as important enough to require a nationwide referendum, a precedent which clearly no longer applies. There are no local elections this year in Northamptonshire. This year the whole council is up on new ward boundaries with three new councillors being added to the chamber, and that should sort out some of the messy political maps we have seen in Southampton over the last cycle. West Oxfordshire went hung last year; there are now 19 Conservative councillors, 15 Lib Dems, 9 Labour, 3 independents and 2 Greens and a vacant Conservative seat in Ducklington ward, where a by-election will be held as part of this cycle.