Local Elections 2025

[Ax^]

Snooker semi finals and final as well as Miami GP weekend. That's plenty for me to watch without having to look at the gurning frog faced fuck.

ayr the Miami one might mix it up a little this year

hopefully a new race winner this year

 

[Ax^]

. Have no strong thoughts either way on Nigel Farage's looks.

just as long as you think the man himself is a cunt that the important part about the frog faced bastard

 

[moochedit]

Polls closed.

 

[Bingoman]

BBC are saying that Reform are chipper in Runcorn

 

[Elpenor]

Well I spoilt my ballot paper but expect my handwriting will be too hard to read

We had the normal 3 main parties as candidates plus reform and greens. Lib Dem run council, Tory incumbent

 

[GarveyLives]

"The Conservatives’ director of strategy went on holiday to the Himalayas only weeks before the local elections ...

... It has been widely predicted to be a tough night for Mrs Badenoch, who admitted that the party is aiming to achieve just a “bit better” than a wipeout.

Rachel Maclean led Mrs Badenoch’s leadership campaign to replace Rishi Sunak in 2024.​

Tory strategy chief goes on holiday to Himalayas during election campaign

 

[LakieLady]

I feel so left out. They cancelled our local elections because of the shuffle about of local authority soon.

Same here. I'm not that fussed, tbh. It's a lot of expense just to elect a council for a year.

At least half the district/borough councils here are a weird mixture and no overall control. The county is NOC too. Fuck knows if that will change. The electoral divisions will probably have to change when it goes unitary next year.

 

[LakieLady]

I predict reform and green gaining seats, Lib Dem’s doing well, cons remaining steady and Labour losing.

I wouldn't disagree with any of that. I'm positive Labour are going to take a pasting. If they manage to hang on to Runcorn, I'll be astonished.

 

[Bingoman]

How will the Tories do, are they expecting a wipe out?

 

[moochedit]

How will the Tories do, are they expecting a wipe out?

Depends on how many votes they lose to reform i would think. They are defending more than labour.

 

[nottsgirl]

Ten minutes to go.

 

[ChrisD]

Any estimates of when the Runcorn declaration expected?

 

[Ax^]

How will the Tories do, are they expecting a wipe out?

their director of strategy ran away to the highest mountain range in the world to avoid getting the blame for the results

they are not expecting much

 

[Aaronf]

Just about to start, edit; starting now.

 

[a_chap]

BBC are saying that Reform are chipper in Runcorn

No, they are in the chipper at Runcorn...

 

[Aaronf]

Chris Mason live from Widnes for the Runcorn count. He just repeated chipper lol

 

[The39thStep]

Oh well.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

How will the Tories do, are they expecting a wipe out?

“Absolute battering” according to the BBC. Only metaphorically sadly.

 

[BusLanes]

I wonder what they think actually.

Guess retain 2-3 counties, a few more as largest party. Cambridgeshire?

 

[Wilf]

Just watched a few mins of the bbc coverage. Even more pointless than usual as they have very few results tonight, so it's just party hacks blathering.

Same time, waking up to Reflux having a few hundred council seats will be a bit grim. Few weeks on of course we'll start hearing about their new councillors being reported for theft, bribery, domestic violence...

 

[The39thStep]

Oh dear oh dear

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Oh dear oh dear

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Reform taking votes off Reform Lite. Who’d have thought it

 

[belboid]

Oh dear oh dear

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Similar result in the second declared seat

"In the first result of the night, a district council by-election in Hartlepool (Throston Ward), Reform have won with 58.3% of the vote, up 42.1 points on 2024.

They take the seat from Labour who, on 31.8%, were down 30.7 points on 2024."

 

[Wilf]

Labour not winning Hartlepool puts all heaven in a rage and all that, but the Tories did win the seat at a by election in 2021.

 

[belboid]

Green gain in Lambeth (a by-election). 10% swing from Labour.

4/5 for Reform elsewhere

 

[Leighsw2]

Greens also just picked up a seat in Norwich - an ex-Labour guy who switched.

 

[Boo Radley75]

Oh dear oh dear

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A lesson for Starmer - trying to suck up to the far right doesn't work. They still think he's a woke, lefty bastard.

 

[Ax^]

A lesson for Starmer - trying to suck up to the far right doesn't work. They still think he's a woke, lefty bastard.

oh he not going to learn that ..

he going to double down on it

whilst the tory party will start wearing outfits with skulls on them

 

[belboid]

Labour have won two seats (in Hainault and Norwich) - by one vote.

 

[Aaronf]

Runcorn expected shortly.