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art of trial schemes 9 10 background edit a majority of the councils up for election in this year were last elected in 2015 the same day as the general election 11 12 the result of the 2018 local elections saw the collapse of the uk independence party s vote largely to the benefit of the conservatives 13 the liberal democrats made gains in 2018 david cutts a professor of political science at the university of birmingham argued that the 2019 elections would be more a test of their relevance as the elections were in old strongholds of theirs 14 in the run up to the elections facebook announced that they would only allow political adverts from authenticated accounts 15 the government also funded a grant scheme for disabled candidates to participate funding 60 candidates 16 brexit dominated uk politics leading up to the local elections in march there was a demonstration in london the put it to the people march in favour of a second referendum on eu membership with an attendance reported to be between several hundred thousand and over one million 17 in addition an online petition calling for revocation of the uk s withdrawal notification under article 50 teu reached over 6 million signatures becoming the fastest signed petition ever in the uk 18 on 29 march thousands of pro brexit marchers demonstrated in parliament square in london 19 though the uk was set to leave the european union on 29 march this was initially delayed till 12 april 20 then was further delayed to 31 october 21 because of this longer extension the uk participated within elections to the european parliament in order to avoid a no deal scenario on 1 june 21 in april protests in london around parliament square and westminster organised by the environmental pressure group extinction rebellion took place in which activist blocked roads bridges and glued themselves to public buildings 22 a total of 1 130 people were arrested during the demonstrations 23 vince cable leader of the liberal democrats announced on 14 march that he would be stepping down from that role with a new leadership election to be held after the may local elections 24 there has been pressure within the conservative party on prime minister theresa may to resign following the local elections triggering a new leadership election 25 campaigning edit the conservatives stood candidates in 96 of the available seats labour contested 77 the liberal democrats 53 the green party of england and wales 30 and ukip 16 26 8 530 8 886 96 6 842 8 886 77 4 710 8 886 53 2 666 8 886 30 1 422 8 886 16 seats contested by party politics home according to the electoral reform society there were 148 councillors who were elected unopposed largely conservatives 27 new parties the brexit party and change uk although both standing in european elections later in the month did not stand in the local elections 28 chuka umunna change uk s spokesperson recommended voters support anti brexit parties like the liberal democrats or greens 29 leave eu encouraged people to spoil their ballot paper in protest at delays in brexit 30 nationally labour organised their campaign on raising awareness of the impact of the austerity programme by the conservative led government on local councils which led subsequently to higher council tax and reduced local services 31 as an effect of cuts to council budgets council spending per person has fallen 30 since 2010 32 the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell commented that the economic policies of preston city council where labour took control of the council in 2011 were a model that he wanted other labour councils to follow their changes saw the public procurement budget rise significantly unemployment decrease and quality of life improve 33 labour sought to avoid talking about brexit but internal rows over their brexit policy continued to create headlines 34 similarly the conservatives focused their campaign away from brexit and instead on efficient local services low council tax and green credentials 35 36 37 this detraction from brexit however was quite difficult internal party sources voiced a negative outlook on the success of these elections 38 with the deputy chair of the party saying it was an opportunity for voters to protest against the party s handling of the brexit negotiations 39 conservativehome interviewed ten conservative councillors about how the campaigning had gone across the country and found a negative attitude 12 defence secretary gavin williamson was sacked the day before the elections which was predicted to be unhelpful for the conservative campaign 40 there were isolated incidents of politically motivated violence during the election campaign there were a few cases of councillors from the labour and conservative parties being assaulted whilst campaigning 41 a currently unknown assailant fired shots at the home of a labour councillor in sheffield 42 homes with labour liberal democrat and green signs were damaged in lewes 43 and a liberal democrat candidate s car was attacked and painted with swastikas in faversham 44 results edit great britain edit party councillors councils won after 2 b won after conservative 3 564 7 533 1 330 93 144 44 labour 2 021 6 366 84 60 98 6 liberal democrats 1 351 2 535 704 18 23 10 snp n a c 432 0 0 green 265 377 194 0 0 plaid cymru n a d 204 0 1 ukip 31 62 148 0 0 independent 1 179 2 123 662 4 11 3 no overall control n a 73 118 37 final results 45 the conservatives lost control of 44 councils and more than 1 300 council seats it was the worst conservative local election performance since 1995 when the party lost more than 2 000 seats 46 labour despite topping national polls lost 6 councils and more than 80 seats 47 parties supporting remaining in the eu performed well 48 the liberal democrats made the most gains of any party 49 50 while the greens also picked up seats with the largest percentage growth this election was the largest rise in green council seat gains in 20 years 51 there was also a significant increase in the number of independent and local party councillors with their number of seats more than doubling similarly in northern ireland alliance the lib dems sister party some smaller parties and independents also made significant gains 52 the elections were marked by a number of spoiled ballots expressing anger toward the brexit stances of the conservative and labour parties 53 in the voter id trial areas an average of 102 voters in each pilot area failed to vote due to not having the required documentation compared with 70 per pilot area in 2018 51 the turnout for the elections was 32 5 54 analysis edit leading up to the election journalists had noted the conservatives had performed well when these council seats had last been elected in the 2015 local elections due to those elections coinciding with the 2015 general election where the party made gains 12 11 defending those gains was predicted to be difficult and when combined with theresa may s struggle to deliver on brexit various sources predicted a loss of between 500 and 1000 seats for the conservatives 55 56 conservative peer lord robert hayward projected that his party would lose at least 800 seats with 500 to go to the liberal democrats and 300 to labour 57 the bbc and other analysts calculated projected national vote shares from these local election results these projections aim to assess what the council results indicate the uk wide vote would be if the results were repeated at a general election the bbc s estimate put labour and the conservatives on 28 both down 7 from the local elections the previous year the liberal democrats on 18 up 2 and all other parties combined on 25 58 sir john curtice who calculated the bbc s national projected vote share commented that the rise of smaller parties and in particular the independents showed a dissatisfaction with the party system presently additionally curtice noted how the green party benefited from recent climate protests across the country 59 some argued that the conservatives had set their expectations so low so that the perceived significance of their losses was reduced 60 media reports described the results as poor for both labour and the conservatives with many noting decline of labour representation in some leave areas it was also regarded as a disappointing result for labour because of expectations that they would make gains n 1 will jennings a professor at the university of southampton analysed ward level data and found little correlation between labour s decline and the level of brexit support in a ward labour made both gains and loses in areas that both voted to leave and remain in the 2016 referendum jennings instead noted the results better fit the transition in british politics at that time where large cities areas with high student populations and professionals were moving towards labour whilst deindustrialised towns were moving towards the conservatives 61 simon briscoe statistician and director of the data analysis bureau was critical of the idea that the liberal democrats had experienced a surge on the scale that commentators described he instead attributed their gains to a much lower turnout when compared to the 2015 local elections an example of this is that any swings in vote share towards the liberal democrats masked the fact that the number of votes for them hadn t changed significantly from 2015 62 martin baxter the creator of the political analytics website electoral calculus suggested that the election data indicated that the next general election could produce a labour scottish nationalist coalition government 63 england edit in england council elections were held in 33 metropolitan boroughs 168 of the second tier districts and 47 of the unitary authorities as well as for six directly elected mayoral posts 248 of the 343 english local councils held elections with the exception of eight unitary authorities the isles of scilly the 26 counties 24 non metropolitan districts and boroughs three metropolitan boroughs the 32 london boroughs and the city of london 8 399 seats were up for election but elections are postponed for 14 with a further 38 casual vacancies to be filled so 8 423 councillors were elected elections also took place for most english parish councils by elections were held for seven county council seats in cambridgeshire cumbria gloucestershire kent two seats surrey and west sussex and for two seats in the london borough of lewisham 6 other casual vacancies to be filled variously by by election or multiple vacancy election are indicated in the tables below by a superscript addition n metropolitan boroughs edit in 33 of the 36 english metropolitan borough councils one third of their seats were up for election elections were not held in birmingham doncaster or rotherham council seats previous control result up of barnsley 21 63 labour labour bolton 20 60 labour no overall control conservative minority with lib dem ukip independent support bradford 30 90 labour labour bury 17 51 labour labour calderdale 17 51 no overall control labour minority with lib dem support labour coventry 18 54 labour labour dudley 24 72 no overall control labour minority with independent support no overall control conservative minority gateshead 22 66 labour labour kirklees 23 69 labour labour knowsley 15 45 labour labour leeds 33 99 labour labour liverpool 30 90 labour labour manchester 32 1 96 labour labour newcastle upon tyne 26 1 78 labour labour north tyneside 20 60 labour labour oldham 20 60 labour labour rochdale 20 60 labour labour salford m 1 19 60 labour labour sandwell 24 72 labour labour sefton 22 1 66 labour labour sheffield 28 84 labour labour solihull 17 51 conservative conservative south tyneside 18 1 54 labour labour st helens 16 48 labour labour stockport 21 63 no overall control labour minority no overall control labour minority sunderland 25 1 75 labour labour tameside 19 57 labour labour trafford 21 63 no overall control labour minority with lib dem support labour wakefield 21 63 labour labour walsall 20 60 no overall control conservative minority conservative wigan 25 75 labour labour wirral 22 66 labour no overall control labour minority wolverhampton 20 2 60 labour labour all 33 councils 726 7 2 181 the election for the salford city council ward of walkden south 1 councillor was postponed as a result of the death of conservative candidate george darlington following a stroke on 26 april 2019 the election was held on 20 june 2019 and resulted in labour gaining the seat from the conservatives salford gov uk retrieved 7 july 2019 unitary authorities edit elections took place in 47 of the 55 unitary authorities no elections took place in bristol cornwall the isle of wight shropshire warrington or wiltshire by elections took place in durham 2 seats and northumberland in addition to those indicated below whole council edit in 30 english unitary authorities the whole council was up for election unitary authorities for bournemouth and poole had merged with christchurch district council to form one new unitary for the eastern portion of dorset an additional unitary authority replaced the remaining portion of dorset county council s area and the district councils of north west and east dorset weymouth and portland and purbeck both authorities had their inaugural elections in may and their predecessor authorities were all conservative controlled except for weymouth and portland which is in no overall control nine other unitary authorities were elected on new ward boundaries council seats previous control result bath and north east somerset 64 59 conservative liberal democrats bedford 40 no overall control labour lib dem coalition no overall control labour lib dem independent coalition blackpool 42 labour labour bournemouth christchurch and poole 65 66 76 new council predecessor authorities were all conservative no overall control lib dem green labour independent coalition bracknell forest 42 conservative conservative brighton and hove 54 no overall control labour minority no overall control labour minority central bedfordshire 59 conservative conservative cheshire east 82 conservative no overall control labour independent coalition cheshire west and chester 67 70 labour no overall control labour minority darlington 50 labour no overall control conservative minority with lib dem independent support dorset 68 82 new council all predecessors were conservative except weymouth and portland conservative east riding of yorkshire 67 conservative conservative herefordshire ua 1 52 of 53 conservative no overall control independent it s our county green coalition leicester 54 labour labour luton 48 labour labour medway 55 conservative conservative middlesbrough 46 labour no overall control north lincolnshire 43 conservative conservative north somerset 50 conservative no overall control independent green lib dem labour coalition nottingham 69 55 labour labour redcar and cleveland 70 59 no overall control labour mino...
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