Election results

The Conservatives also hold councils in Tamworth and Cannock Chase, where the party gains a seat.

The Tories now have 25 councillors in Cannock Chase with Labour on eight, Independent four, Lib Dems two and Green Party two. A third of Tamworth Borough Council's 30 seats were up for grabs in the 2022 elections and the Conservatives kept seven, bringing their number of councillors to 25. The Conservatives now hold 25 seats and Labour have 19.

Published: 6 May 2022. ballot box image. The Conservative Party has won a majority in the Borough Elections. Voters in Newcastle-under-Lyme have returned ...

Audley: 3 seats - Conservative Councillor Ian Wilkes has been returned and newly elected Cllr. Nicholas Crisp joins him. Silverdale: 2 seats - In Silverdale the Conservatives gained a seat, with newcomer Cllr. Rupert Adcock and Labour retain their seat with new Labour councillor, Jacqueline Bryan. Madeley and Betley: 2 seats - Councillors Gary and Simon White also retained their seats for the Conservative Party. Maer and Whitmore: 1 seat - Newcomer Cllr. Amy Bryan was elected in Maer and Whitmore for the Conservatives, retaining the seat for the party Crackley and Red Street: 2 seats - Newcomer Cllr. Lilian Barker has taken one of the seats for the Conservatives and Cllr. Joel Edgington-Plunkett, also a newcomer, has taken the other for Labour. Keele: 1 seat - Councillor Dave Jones has retained the Keele ward for the Labour and Cooperative Party.

In local elections across the U.K., Boris Johnson acknowledges a “tough night” for Conservatives, and Northern Ireland's pro-unity party was nearing a ...

The elections will not have a direct effect on the national government, but Mr. Andresier said that he wanted to send a message. The results, he added, did not herald a recovery for the Labour Party of the type produced by Tony Blair, who won a landslide general election victory in 1997. That could upend a power-sharing arrangement in the territory that dates to the Good Friday peace agreement in 1998. But there are a handful of races that may illuminate the state of British politics. Memories of the role the Liberal Democrats played in a coalition government that imposed austerity appear to be fading. “I’d like somebody else to try and have a go, and deal with it better than the current government.” A few miles north of Bradford in the reliably Conservative and leafy town of Baildon, Peter Smith, 67, voted at a polling station in a small church hall nestled in a residential area. “I was shielding at the time, so I find it offensive and insulting,” she said of the lockdown gatherings. “They are the best of a bad bunch,” she said. It is now Ireland’s main opposition party and stands a chance of being in the government after elections scheduled for 2025. “Sinn Fein is now in the unique position — that it is an all-Ireland party,” Professor Ferriter said. Some even fear a flare-up of the violence between Catholics and Protestants that the peace accord ended after the 30-year guerrilla war known as the Troubles.

The Conservatives remain in control of Broxbourne and Welwyn Hatfield, while Labour retain power in Stevenage and the Lib Dems hold Three Rivers District ...

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British prime minister is safe in Downing Street for now but may not remain so for long.

And if the prime minister is safe in Downing Street now he may not remain so for long as more Partygate fines come in and Britain faces a bleak economic outlook of crippling inflation and stagnant growth. And most Conservative-held councils are not up for election this year, so the government may have escaped a more serious rout. Britain’s local election results may not create an immediate threat to Boris Johnson’s leadership but they paint a worrying picture for the Conservatives and will deepen divisions within the party.

Tory MPs show little appetite to try to remove PM as Labour makes limited gains on councils outside London.

Wales Office minister David Davies said Monmouthshire council – the only one the Tories hold – is too close to call.

- Tower Hamlets in London due to declare the result of its mayoral election Catherine Fookes, representing Labour in the area, said: “It’s been incredibly positive. - Labour is hoping to retake Southampton from Conservative control and make gains in Derby

Analysis: When senior Tories warned they could lose Wandsworth and Westminster it sounded like expectations management. But lose them they did.

Judging by these early results, the mood in Westminster as MPs return next week may well be highly flammable. They retained control of Dudley comfortably – but lost two seats to Labour. There is scant evidence of that so far.

Sir Keir Starmer says Labour is "back on track", but the party makes modest gains in councils outside the capital.

In Northern Ireland, all 90 members of the assembly were up for election. From the depths of the 2019 general election, we're back on track." Ravi Govindia, leader of the Wandsworth Conservatives, said: "Let's not be coy about it. The Conservative leader of Carlisle City Council, John Mallinson, said the prime minister "bears a lot of the responsibility" for the results and was a "poor option" to lead the party into the next general election. The full results - as well as those for councils in Scotland and Wales and for the Northern Ireland Assembly - will be announced later on Friday and on Saturday. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party had reached a "turning point" and was "back on track" to succeed at the next general election.

The Conservatives are on track to suffer big defeats in Scotland in the local elections.

- Tower Hamlets in London due to declare the result of its mayoral election The Liberal Democrats have also made early gains. - Labour is hoping to retake Southampton from Conservative control and make gains in Derby

Asked about the possibility of her taking the first minister role, Michelle O'Neill said: 'It is very early to say, let's get all the votes counted.'

An election of a generation. “But as for the rest, we’ll have to wait and see what the results are in Northern Ireland.” What a day. “And whatever arrangements we have, they have got to have cross-community support, that’s what the Good Friday Agreement is all about, that’s what the Government is going to do. Mr Johnson said: “The most important thing is that we continue to support the balance of the Good Friday Agreement across all communities in Northern Ireland. Asked about the elections in Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “the most important thing is that we continue to support the balance of the Good Friday Agreement across all communities in Northern Ireland”. Speaking during a visit to a school in his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, he was asked by reporters about the possibility of a majority of people in Northern Ireland voting for parties that support the current trading arrangements with the EU, and if he will work with those parties to make the Northern Ireland Protocol work. “It is going to be tough for us, because so many people have wanted to send a message to the DUP that nationalists shouldn’t be locked out of the top position,” he said. “Sinn Féin presented a very positive campaign about what we have done in the Executive and the Assembly and what we want to do.” “It’s going to be a long day and maybe a long night as well,” he told the PA news agency. “It’s been a good day so far for Alliance and obviously it’s been a good day for me personally in East Belfast, and also for Peter McReynolds, and we expect that we will hold the two seats there. “I think it is going to be very tight at the end as to who will emerge as the largest party,” he said.

Counting of local election votes in Sheffield was delayed after staff at a polling station were threatened. Police were called to a venue in Fulwood on ...

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Sinn Fein is on course for a historic victory in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, after receiving the most first-preference votes.

Hope has won out." It would be the first time a party seeking a united Ireland has won the elections for the Assembly. He told the PA news agency in the Magherafelt count centre: "It has been a great night for the SDLP in Newry and Armagh, we have weathered the storm. Ministers conceded it had been "tough" for the ruling party, particularly in the south of England where it lost ground to Labour in London and the Liberal Democrats in its "blue wall" heartlands, but warned against extrapolating the results on a national level. "As I've explained a number of times, we were working in the office, we stopped for something to eat - no party, no breach of the rules," he said. If its victory is confirmed when the result is declared this morning, it would be the first time a party wanting a united Ireland has won the elections for the Northern Ireland executive.

Labour has taken control of Worthing Borough Council for the first time. Going into the election the Tories ran a minority administration at the West Sussex ...

Dr Rebecca Cooper, leader of Worthing Labour group, said her party won due to a "perfect storm of very strong community activism, demographic change, local Conservative complacency and the national picture". The Labour leader of Crawley Borough Council, Peter Lamb, announced his decision to step down "on his own terms" after the results were declared, saying he wanted a "short break from intense politics". Elsewhere in Sussex, Labour took overall control of Crawley Borough Council, where it had run a minority administration, but it lost its majority at Hastings Borough Council, where the Greens gained three seats.

Sinn Fein sought to become the first Irish nationalist party to win the most seats in British-ruled Northern Ireland on Friday as counting began in an ...

The outcome is also likely to reaffirm that a majority of lawmakers - including Sinn Fein - in the regional assembly favour retaining the protocol. The main nationalist and unionist rivals are obliged to share power under the terms of the 1998 peace deal. Analysts said incomplete turnout data suggested fewer people turned out this time, with the first results due at around 1300 GMT.

Sinn Fein is set to romp home far ahead of the DUP in the Assembly election with Michelle O'Neill becoming First Minister if a new Executive is formed.

Ms O’Neill was surrounded by cheering supporters as she was elected in Mid Ulster on the first count. Its leader said it was too early to comment on the overall picture. On 21%, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s party was down seven percentage points from the 2017 Assembly election. With Alliance gains on the cards in North Down, South Down, Lagan Valley and South Belfast, Mrs Long, who topped the poll in East Belfast, said she was delighted with the results. Winning an 8% vote, TUV almost trebled its 2017 performance, but a question mark hung over whether Jim Allister would be returned with other party MLAs to Stormont. It was a poor election for the Green Party with Rachel Woods losing her seat in North Down, Brian Smyth missing out in East Belfast, and Clare Bailey fighting for her seat in South Belfast.

Out of an eligible electorate of 87,156, the total votes polled stood at 59,693, with a 68.49% turnout. Early indications showed it seemed to be fairly ...

The fifth and final seat was given to the DUP's William Irwin, who fell short of the quota with 9,784 votes. Taking the fourth seat was Sinn Fein's Liz Kimmins with 9,969 votes. Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy topped the poll this year after the first count, with 9,847 votes.

The party loses two seats, but sees the Conservatives lose three as the Lib Dems make gains.

"The Tories lost five seats to us, and in turn we lost four seats to the Lib Dems and one to the Greens." Despite losing two councillors compared with 2018, Labour won 65 seats to keep its majority. "We came into the campaign with 65 seats and come out of it with 65 seats," he said.

An emotional Jason Perry paid tribute to his mother, who died during the campaign, in his acceptance speech.

"But I have not seen the outside world for a while." "Croydon has been in a bad place and now it's time for us to come together and move forwards. We're here to deliver."

Counting is set to resume in the Northern Ireland Assembly election today with Sinn Fein firmly on course to emerge as the largest Stormont party.

Croydon's Conservatives have bucked the trend in London by winning the borough's first mayoralty. The directly elected mayor replaces the former cabinet ...

We're here to deliver." Croydon's new mayor said he was "very emotional, very excited and very much looking forward to getting to work" once the borough's new councillors were elected in a postponed count later on Saturday. Mr Perry won 5,199 second preference votes in the run-off, but started with more first preference votes and ended with a combined tally of 38,612 votes.

Labour has won three major victories in London, taking Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet councils.

He has more reason than most to understand the Labour agony it's entailed. just didn't go out to vote". Paul Osborn, the incoming leader of Harrow Council, described the victory as a "big day for Harrow" which showed the Conservatives "can win in London". However, in a surprise result Labour lost the borough of Harrow with the Tories assuming overall control of the council for the first time since 2006. A Labour Party source described Wandsworth as the "Tories' jewel in the crown". Labour has won three councils from the Conservatives in London, taking control of the borough of Westminster for the first time.

Grassroots Tories blame the PM for the loss of their seats; in Northern Ireland's elections, Sinn Féin top the first-preference vote.

Many grassroots Tories laid the blame at Johnson’s door for the loss of their seats. Lastly, there are frequent changes in ward boundaries and the number of councillors per ward, to maintain equality of representation. You might have noticed that the tallies of the number of seats gained and lost so far by each party differs between outlets. That would put a question mark over O’Neill becoming first minister, but not alter the profound psychological impact of a Sinn Féin victory. With transfer votes still being counted on Friday night, it was clear the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) had dramatically lost its pre-eminence by slumping to 21.3% in the first preference vote. A quick note to explain the data we’re publishing. The Liberal Democrats have won 863 seats, so have gained 189 seats in total. We have to listen to the voters. “It won’t be enough to win a 1997-style landslide... “Here, then, is how Labour might raise the current ceiling on its performance,” he says. “I think he is unique as a politician in being able to cut through. What they’re telling us in places like Wandsworth and of course in Westminster.

Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana breaks down what the local election results mean across the UK. | ITV National News.

It wasn't a great night for Johnson in Scotland either where his party fell to third place behind Labour. Overall it was a good result for the SNP but Labour will be cheered with a slight recovery. But they are probably not good enough for Labour yet either. And it is mid terms, and local elections can be unusual. So much so that Labour (and ITV News election analyst Colin Rallings accepted this) they'd probably win back a key seat there - Wolverhampton North East. However, because the seats were last up in 2018 - when on vote share Labour did well and was neck and neck with the Tories - the result still means significant progress on Labour's 2019 devastating election loss. So, to lose not only Margaret Thatcher’s favourite council - Wandsworth (after more than four decades of Tory control) but also Westminster and Barnet was pretty crushing for Conservatives in the capital. But ultimately there is another region that Keir Starmer has to focus on if he ever wants to be prime minister. The results here were mixed. Before 2018, Labour didn't have a single councillor there, and now it has a majority. I will be speaking to colleagues about what needs to happen," he said. The current set up isn’t working and it needs to be changed. The other notable shift towards Labour in the South came in coastal areas as the party took control of Southampton but also Worthing council.

Sinn Féin is on course for its best-ever result after receiving the most first-preference votes.With counting for the 90 Stormont seats continuing last ...

Michelle O’Neill, the party’s leader in the north, was elected on the first count in Mid Ulster, with Alliance leader Naomi Long topping the poll in East Belfast. Sinn Féin received 250,388 first preferences, compared with the 184,002 returned for the DUP and 116,681 for the Alliance Party. With counting for the 90 Stormont seats continuing last night, the party had won 16 seats, well ahead of the Alliance on four and the DUP and UUP on three.

Counting has resumed in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, with Sinn Fein firmly on course to emerge as the largest Stormont party.

On 21% first preference votes, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s party was down seven percentage points from the 2017 Assembly election. Winning an 8% vote, TUV almost trebled its 2017 performance. Sinn Fein attracted over 250,000 first preference votes - a 29% share.

Nadhim Zahawi calls for party unity as conservatives speak out, and insists the prime minister is 'a man of integrity'

Bell added: “My position in terms of putting my letter to Sir Graham Brady hasn’t changed. “There were some people who said they were going to sit on their hands and stay at home and probably some people even who voted against us. Zahawi added: “People don’t like to vote for split parties, for teams that are divided.

The Conservative Party in Britain suffered a net loss of almost 400 councillors as a day of vote counting delivered a bruising set of local election results ...

But farming minister Victoria Prentis said Mr Johnson had developed a strong reputation as a winner and argued it was “too early” to say he had hindered the party’s performance in Thursday’s poll. “There are a series of hurdles that Boris Johnson has got to face, and there is no question he was an issue, and a big issue, on the doorsteps – in some parts of the country more than others,” Mr Hayward added. Earlier on Friday, David Simmonds, the Tory MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, said “a change of leader” could be one way of restoring public confidence in the government after admitting the so-called partygate had been brought up by voters. UK ministers conceded it had been “tough” for the ruling party, particularly in the south of England where it lost ground to Labour in London and the Liberal Democrats in its “blue wall” heartlands, but warned against extrapolating the results on a national level. The former MP said the losses were likely to “add to the unease” over the allegations of coronavirus rule-breaching parties in Downing Street, with the potential of difficult by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton still to come. The Conservative Party in Britain suffered a net loss of almost 400 councillors as a day of vote counting delivered a bruising set of local election results for the prime minister Boris Johnson.

Moray's Conservative MP Douglas Ross: "We've elected more Scottish Conservative councillors than ever before in Moray. "We have gone forward and the SNP have ...

David Gordon (Conservatives) - 1129 "We will be having tough conversations with other parties and trying to form an administration. So that's a big increase in our vote.

There are big wins for Alliance in the fights for the fifth seat across Northern Ireland, as counting is progressing in the Assembly election, ...

On 21% first preference votes, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s party was down seven percentage points from the 2017 Assembly election. Winning an 8% vote, the TUV almost trebled its 2017 performance but leader Jim Allister remains its sole MLA. Sinn Fein attracted over 250,000 first preference votes - a 29% share.

Boris Johnson admits party suffered a 'tough night' as it loses almost 500 council seats.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer declared the results as a major “turning point” for his party. Labour picked up 67 seats in Wales. Mr Johnson insisted that across the country the picture was mixed. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. But while Labour took control of three councils in London and recovered ground in Scotland and Wales, the party struggled to make a similar impact in other parts of England – taking around 140 seats in total. The Tories had lost almost 500 council seats – including 341 in England, 63 in Scotland, and 86 in Wales – as of Saturday morning, with only a couple of counts to go in England,

Nicola Brogan was the first to pass the quota of 7666 in the first round, with a first preference vote of 8626.

A strong performance in an election of strong performances for Sinn Féin, who look set to become the largest party at Stormont for the first time. Tom Buchanan of the DUP, Maolíosa McHugh of Sinn Féin and Daniel McCrossan of the SDLP were elected after subsequent counts on Saturday following six rounds. Nicola Brogan was the first to pass the quota of 7,666 in the first round, with a first preference vote of 8,626.

A pro-Irish reunification party is on course to become the biggest one in Northern Ireland's legislative assembly.

“The DUP is not going to be jumping back in. “The rise of the middle means that we are in a different position. Jacqueline, an Alliance voter in her 30s in the Upper Bann constituency, was “delighted” at the result. Any resolution will likely take months to be resolved. We have three minority communities, unionists, nationalist and other.” Instead, they lost both seats, including that of their party leader. And you’re seeing the results of that,” Honeyford said. “So we’re attracting votes from right across the community.” While the actual economic effect of the protocol on Northern Ireland is contested, it is perceived by many to be a weakening of the link with the rest of the UK and its place in the union is under threat. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood told media on Friday that DUP emphasis on the possibility of an Irish nationalist first minister backfired, and may have led people who normally support his party to “lend” a vote to Sinn Féin in order to “kick the DUP”. Sinn Féin, a party that supports the reunification of Ireland and was once the political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in the legislative assembly. Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald, a member of parliament in the Republic of Ireland and on course to be the biggest party there by 2025, described the result as “an election of a generation”.