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#Norwich! That fine city which has been part of me for most of my life 💚 LETS GOOOOOOOOO! #GreenParty #LE2026

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Labour hold one, lose two of the three Bayswater seats. A little insight into how much incumbency matters in local elections in that two of the three Labour councillors who won last time didn't run this time - and their replacements ran 200 vital votes behind Maggie Carman, who won. #LE2026

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I’ve seen enough: the Liberal Democrats have won Stockport. #LE2026

Area council leaseholder really doesn’t like the look of this. #LE2026

Chaos with Ed Miliband has arrived, it’s just not evenly distributed. #LE2026

Another grumble about election coverage in the UK: it has become far too much about what the “model says” - BBC discussing that the model shows the Tories may win Wandsworth when, thus far…not gonna happen. #LE2026

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Keir Starmer has 99 problems, and Redditch is one. #LE2026

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I’ve seen enough. “No overall control” has won the Bolton council elections. #LE2026

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Speaking of nerds and election coverage: I’ll be on Radio 4/5live’s joint program sometime around three: #LE2026

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC So...

...and it taketh away. #LE2026

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The electorate giveth... #LE2026

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It will not be a Reform clean sweep in Halton - gosh that’s a tight result. #LE2026

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Labour are defending 16 out of 18 of the seats up for grabs in Halton today. They cannot lose control even if they lose all 16 (they have lost all three declared thus far). #LE2026

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Also a by-election: Conservatives hold 39 out of 50 wards here - frankly you would expect that they would hold it given that they could throw everything at holding it locally. #LE2026

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This one is a by-election (or a “special” for any Americans not muting the #LE2026 hashtag). Liberal Democrats continue to have 61 of 110 and therefore have control of Somerset. (Next up 2027)

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Liberal Democrats need nine wins to govern alone here. (This wasn’t one of the wards they were ever gonna win) The Conservatives needed to gain one, this was their fourth safest that was up tonight. #LE2026 (will skeet only with the hashtag so non-UK types can mute)

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I’ve seen enough: Halton Council is held by the Labour Party. #LE2026 (yes, this is a bad joke about the fact only a third of seats are available and Labour therefore cannot lose control of Halton)

UK: polls have closed in elections to the Scottish parliament, Welsh parliament, English councils and English mayoralties.

Votes in Scotland and Wales will begin counting tomorrow morning, while final results for England's local elections are not expected until Saturday.

➤ https://europeelects.eu/uk

#LE2026

UK (England), local elections today:

➤ Polls open: 7am - 10pm local time (8am - 11pm CEST)
➤ 5,066 council seats within 136 councils and 6 mayoralties up for election
➤ All 32 councils in London up for election
➤ Voting age: 18
➤ Electoral system: First Past the Post

➤ https://europeelects.eu/uk

#LE2026

DEADLINES are looming! Don't lose your chance to vote in the local election on 7th May 2026

• Register at www.gov.uk/registertovote before midnight on Mon 21st April
• Details on more deadlines for proxy voting, postal voting, Voter ID certificates: https://bvoices.uk/deadlines26

#Brumvotes26 #LE2026 #election #vote

🗳️ 📆 The Scottish Parliament, the Senedd Cymru and 136 English councils are holding elections on 7 May.

The Scottish Parliament will be using new boundaries, while the Senedd has an entirely new electoral system. Two brand new councils, East and West Surrey, will also be holding their first elections.

👇 Get all the details from our latest blog. 👇

https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2026/03/02/whats-up-for-election-in-2026/

#le2026 #localelections #ukpolitics