[Malcolm Armsteen]

Should say that in Sutton the Tories went from 21 to 0 and the Lib Dems from 28 to 51. So hardly a Reform tidal wave...

[The Weeping Angel]

So, how many councillors has Labour lost so far?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Shame to see the Tories win Westminster back. Could muck up the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street.

[Boiler]

So, how many councillors has Labour lost so far?

258, according to the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england

[mattomac]

Lost Wandsworth to NOC which is a shame but it’s really close vote between them and the Tories.

Labour Retained my new area of Merton which I’m delighted with and slightly surprised. Also gained a councillor.

Reform vote was 12% there and 7% in Wandsworth. Does seem for the most part London has been adverse to Reform and it’s replaced Tory vote where it hasn’t. Major cities also don’t seem to have swung massively to the Greens which was suggested, so far it’s not been a great set of elections for them eithier.

Lib Dem’s taking Portsmouth was nice considering it’s one I expect reform may have looked at, perhaps the Iran stuff had more of an impact there than say the dumb Plymouth lot.

Exeter lost for Labour but can form a coalition with LD and little Reform there, it’s abolished next year anyhow.

A fair few NOC’s can be coalitions for Labour, not to say they are a disaster they are, though from a high base in 2023, the Tories I think lost 1000 from this and look to be matching Labour roughly. Probably will be lower losses once the votes are in but still.

[The Weeping Angel]

How many seats have Reform gained?

[mattomac]

520 so far

[Bones McCoy]

In Sutton and Carshalton the Tories have been wiped out - none at all. 2 Reform (interchangeable Karens), no Greens, 1 Labour (down 2). Other than one ward, where once the BNP had a foothold, Reform were bottom of the pile. Areas that were once true blue turned orange.So we stay overwhelmingly Lib Dem. (The Independentis an ex Lib Dem who stands on very local issues).


Number of councillors elected:
Christian Peoples Alliance: 0
Conservatives: 0
Green: 0
Independent: 1
Labour: 1
Liberal Democrats: 51
Reform: 2

At least one area where "pratfalls off paddleboards" beats "stop the boats".

[mattomac]

They’ve sweeped the board in Richmond-Upon-Thames as well. I’m sure that was Conservative when I moved there 10 years ago.

[Boiler]

They’ve sweeped the board in Richmond-Upon-Thames as well. I’m sure that was Conservative when I moved there 10 years ago.

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[mattomac]

12 years then.

They do seem done in that part of London. See what Kingston throws up but bar Wandsworth they don’t seem to do much.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The turnout was high. I'm afraid that Farage and Polanski seem to be able to drive turnout.

[AOB]

No doubt we're in for another summer of riots now that these cunts will feel emboldened by the results.

[mattomac]

Tories lost 36 seats to Reform in Suffolk…

Fucking hell. With the Greens we will wait and see in London but so far it’s not the wave I expected unless I expected way too much.

[Youngian]

What attracted Suffolk Tories to the white male multi-millionaire Nigel Farage?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the newly elected Mayor of Hackney.

https://www.london.gov.uk/zoe-garbett-a ... ing-crisis

In response to the Mayor’s recent announcement to build on the green belt, Green Party London Assembly Member Zoë Garbett said:

"The Mayor’s green belt proposal talks about affordable homes, but that’s just developer-speak for housing that’s still out of reach for most people. There’s no guarantee of 100% social housing in this plan, just vague promises dressed up as affordability.

Build no houses if they're not affordable to most people. In London, that means build no private sector homes at all.