Reform has more candidates in local elections than Labour or Tories

Reform has more candidates in local elections than Labour or Tories

A total of 1,641 council seats across 23 local authorities in England are up for grabs on May 1. Reform is standing more candidates in next month’s local elections than either Labour or the Conservatives – though no party has managed to find enough people to contest every seat. Voters in 23 local authorities in England go the polls on May 1 to choose their new councillors. It is the first big test at the ballot box for political parties since La…

On Saturday 12 April, during a press conference at the Hennessy Park Hotel in Ebène, the complete list of 80 candidates for the five cities was revealed. The profiles of the candidates, presented city by city, are varied, ranging from young people engaged to people active in their city for many years. According to Roshi Bhadain, party leader, it is crucial to avoid a democratic imbalance in the city, and to avoid ...

Lib Dems secure 14% swing from Conservatives in Sutton

Photo courtesy of ElectionLeaflets.org. Four principal authority council by-elections this week and let us start with a 14 percent swing from Conservatives to Lib Dems in Luke Taylor’s Westminster constituency: Sutton Central (Sutton) Council By-Election Result: LDM: 55.7% (+17.4) CON: 14.1% (-10.0) RFM: 12.2% (New) LAB: 9.3% (-17.4) GRN: 4.1% (-6.8) IND: 3.6% (New) CPA: 1.0% (New)Liberal Democrat HOLD.Changes w/ 2022.— Election Maps UK (@elect…

Labour, Tories and Reform UK fight every seat in West Northants local elections

By Sarah Ward A new batch of councillors will be elected next month.Labour, Conservatives and Reform UK have managed to field a candidate for each seat in the West Northamptonshire Council elections, our analysis has found.We have crunched the numbers and in total 358 candidates are standing in the May 1 elections in the West of the county.After a boundary review, the number of councillors being returned to the council is less than the 2021 elec…