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Monday, May 08, 2006
Councils Which Have No LibDems
Anyone care to post a list of Councils that have not a single LibDem councillor on them? I know Westminster is one...
Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, Newham, Merton, Kensington and Chelsea, Bexley, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wansdworth and Croydon are the Lib Dem free zones in London. And long may they prosper.....
Indeed - Bexley certainly isn't. I discivered my other half voted LibDem! Why, I asked? Becuase yellow is the colour of custard and the sun, she retorted. Thank God for a well-educated electorate!
Before Iain gets too smug, perhaps we should remember Tory-free Newcastle, where the Conservatives garnered a hugely impressive 9.5% of the vote last Thursday.
Inamicus and how many Tories were there before last week. Can we now have a list of the Lib Dem free councils that did have Lib Dem Cllrs before the elections last week?
Not a case in point, but I love the fact that Harrow lost 2 out of 3 LibDem councillors despite the fact they fought a full slate this time round (4 years ago someone messed up the nomination papers and all bar 3 were prevented from standing). In fact I believe that Harrow LibDems have gone from 27 to 9 to 3 to 1 in the last 4 elections!
Another which is interesting is where there are no Labour councillors. They lost their last three councillors in Sutton last week, which had all been safe Labour wards for as long as anyone can remember...
Take the data from Keith Edkin's site, cut and paste it into Excel (Other Spreadsheets are Available) then use the sort function.
E&OE, dunno whether Keith has updated for this year yet.
54 councils with no LD
Amber Valley Ashfield Barking & Dagenham Barrow-in-Furness Bexley Bolsover Breckland Broxbourne Caerphilly Carmarthenshire Castle Point Chester-le-Street Clackmannanshire Croydon Dartford East Ayrshire East Northamptonshire Eilean Siar Enfield Falkirk Fenland Forest Heath Gravesham Great Yarmouth Hammersmith & Fulham Hyndburn Kensington & Chelsea Kettering Maldon Manchester Melton Merthyr Tydfil Merton Newham North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire North Lincolnshire Orkney Rotherham Runnymede South Ayrshire South Derbyshire South Holland Stirling Tamworth Teesdale Thurrock Vale of Glamorgan Wandsworth Wellingborough West Dunbartonshire West Lancashire West Lothian Westminster
35 councils with no CON
Blaenau Gwent Bolsover Caerphilly Cambridge Ceredigion Chesterfield Derwentside Durham Easington Eilean Siar Gateshead Gwynedd Haringey Highland Inverclyde Islington Knowsley Liverpool Manchester Merthyr Tydfil Midlothian Neath Port Talbot Newcastle upon Tyne Newham North Lanarkshire Orkney Oxford Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taff Shetland Wansbeck Wear Valley West Dunbartonshire York
73 councils with no LAB
Aberdeenshire Adur Argyll & Bute Aylesbury Vale Broadland Chichester Chiltern Christchurch Congleton Cotswold Craven East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Dorset East Hampshire East Hertfordshire Eastbourne Eden Eilean Siar Elmbridge Fareham Forest Heath Fylde Harrogate Hart Horsham Huntingdonshire Lewes Malvern Hills Manchester Mendip Mole Valley New Forest North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North Norfolk Oadby & Wigston Orkney Poole Purbeck Restormel Richmond upon Thames Richmondshire Rochford Runnymede Rutland Ryedale Scottish Borders Shepway Shetland South Bucks South Norfolk South Shropshire South Somerset Spelthorne Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Teignbridge Test Valley Torbay Torridge Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Waverley Wealden West Berkshire West Devon West Dorset West Lindsey Windsor & Maidenhead Wokingham Worthing
The sequence 27-9-3-1 has each number a third of the previous one. Which is probably why Mr Lecter is so interested in the potential third of a councillor next time
28 comments:
Iain, I know Bexley and Castle Point don't.
Wandsworth - 51 Con, 9 Lab
Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, Newham, Merton, Kensington and Chelsea, Bexley, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wansdworth and Croydon are the Lib Dem free zones in London. And long may they prosper.....
Indeed - Bexley certainly isn't. I discivered my other half voted LibDem! Why, I asked? Becuase yellow is the colour of custard and the sun, she retorted. Thank God for a well-educated electorate!
In Hertfordshire, Broxbourne is the only council with none.
Before Iain gets too smug, perhaps we should remember Tory-free Newcastle, where the Conservatives garnered a hugely impressive 9.5% of the vote last Thursday.
Dartford and Gravesham Borough Councils in Kent
Fenland District Council
36 Conservatives
3 Labour
1 Independent
0 Liberal
Inamicus and how many Tories were there before last week. Can we now have a list of the Lib Dem free councils that did have Lib Dem Cllrs before the elections last week?
Hyndburn
West Lancashire
Not a case in point, but I love the fact that Harrow lost 2 out of 3 LibDem councillors despite the fact they fought a full slate this time round (4 years ago someone messed up the nomination papers and all bar 3 were prevented from standing). In fact I believe that Harrow LibDems have gone from 27 to 9 to 3 to 1 in the last 4 elections!
Iain, Great Yarmouth Borough Council is Lib Dem free. Since last Thursday there are 22 Conservatives, 16 Labour and 1 Independent Conservative.
Trawl through here:
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup.htm
Breckland has none
Rotherham has no lib dems.
Another which is interesting is where there are no Labour councillors. They lost their last three councillors in Sutton last week, which had all been safe Labour wards for as long as anyone can remember...
27-9-3-1, Hannibal?
Isn't that one of those mysterious number sequences so beloved of Da Vinci Code fanatics? Some sinister Opus Dei plot to get them out, perhaps?
The public needs to know!
RM
The ones I know of
Adur (Sussex)
Runnymede (Surrey)
Great Yarmouth
Hyndburn
West Lancashire
Barrow in Furness
Amber Valley
note - no Lib Dem stood in Bassetlaw
CCHQ is likely to post 2006 results which should show the standings of the parties in councils contested this time.
Do you really wanna know?
Take the data from Keith Edkin's site, cut and paste it into Excel (Other Spreadsheets are Available) then use the sort function.
E&OE, dunno whether Keith has updated for this year yet.
54 councils with no LD
Amber Valley
Ashfield
Barking & Dagenham
Barrow-in-Furness
Bexley
Bolsover
Breckland
Broxbourne
Caerphilly
Carmarthenshire
Castle Point
Chester-le-Street
Clackmannanshire
Croydon
Dartford
East Ayrshire
East Northamptonshire
Eilean Siar
Enfield
Falkirk
Fenland
Forest Heath
Gravesham
Great Yarmouth
Hammersmith & Fulham
Hyndburn
Kensington & Chelsea
Kettering
Maldon
Manchester
Melton
Merthyr Tydfil
Merton
Newham
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lincolnshire
Orkney
Rotherham
Runnymede
South Ayrshire
South Derbyshire
South Holland
Stirling
Tamworth
Teesdale
Thurrock
Vale of Glamorgan
Wandsworth
Wellingborough
West Dunbartonshire
West Lancashire
West Lothian
Westminster
35 councils with no CON
Blaenau Gwent
Bolsover
Caerphilly
Cambridge
Ceredigion
Chesterfield
Derwentside
Durham
Easington
Eilean Siar
Gateshead
Gwynedd
Haringey
Highland
Inverclyde
Islington
Knowsley
Liverpool
Manchester
Merthyr Tydfil
Midlothian
Neath Port Talbot
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Oxford
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Shetland
Wansbeck
Wear Valley
West Dunbartonshire
York
73 councils with no LAB
Aberdeenshire
Adur
Argyll & Bute
Aylesbury Vale
Broadland
Chichester
Chiltern
Christchurch
Congleton
Cotswold
Craven
East Cambridgeshire
East Devon
East Dorset
East Hampshire
East Hertfordshire
Eastbourne
Eden
Eilean Siar
Elmbridge
Fareham
Forest Heath
Fylde
Harrogate
Hart
Horsham
Huntingdonshire
Lewes
Malvern Hills
Manchester
Mendip
Mole Valley
New Forest
North Cornwall
North Devon
North Dorset
North Norfolk
Oadby & Wigston
Orkney
Poole
Purbeck
Restormel
Richmond upon Thames
Richmondshire
Rochford
Runnymede
Rutland
Ryedale
Scottish Borders
Shepway
Shetland
South Bucks
South Norfolk
South Shropshire
South Somerset
Spelthorne
Stratford-on-Avon
Sutton
Teignbridge
Test Valley
Torbay
Torridge
Uttlesford
Vale of White Horse
Waverley
Wealden
West Berkshire
West Devon
West Dorset
West Lindsey
Windsor & Maidenhead
Wokingham
Worthing
A yes - but there is a Lib Dem councillor in Bassetlaw - just the one, so muct be lonely.
I can add that at the General Election the Lib Dems didnt put a single piece of paper out in Bassetlaw
Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool... oh, wait...
The sequence 27-9-3-1 has each number a third of the previous one. Which is probably why Mr Lecter is so interested in the potential third of a councillor next time
There is East Northamptonshire which has 33 Conservatives and 3 Labour and wellingborough which has 26 Conservatives, 9 Labour and one vacancy.
If someone wants any of Chesterfields Lib Dem councillors Id be willing to let them go!
Tamworth has no yellow peril.
Like Kate said, Broxbourne. 34 Conservative, 2 Labour, 1 BNP. Probably the most right-wing constituency in the Queen's land.
A message for anonymous..the yellow peril are going to get u!
No Cons in many northern towns and cities OH DEAR!
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