Council Elections
This years council elections were held on Thursday 2nd May. It was held in 35 local authorities. There were 2300 seats being contested for, these are the candidates.
- Conservatives: 2,263 candidates
- Labour: 2,168 candidates
- Liberal Democrats: 1,763 candidates
- UKIP: 1,745 candidates
- Green Party: 893 candidates
- BNP: 99 Candidates
- English Democrats: 38 candidates
- Independent: 900 candidates.
Here is a step by step result of what parties got the most candidates.
- Conservatives
The Conservative Party now rules 18 Councils; they lost 10 Councils in this election. They have 1,116 Councillors; they lost 335 Councillors.
- Labour
The Labour Party now rules 3 Councils; they lost 2 Councils in this election. They have 538 Councillors; they gained 291 Councillors.
- Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats do not rule any Councils, this is no change. They have 352 Councillors; they lost 124 Councillors.
- UKIP
The UKIP do not rule any Councils, this is no change. They have 147 Councillors; they gained 139 Councillors.
- Green Party
The Green Party do not rule any Councils, this is no change. They have 22 Councillors; they gained 5 Councillors.
- British National Party
The British National Party do not rule any Councils, this is no change. They have no Councillors; they lost 3 Councillors.
- English Democrats
The English Democrats do not rule any Councils, this is no change. They have no Councillors, this is no change.
- Independent
There are no Councils run by Independent Candidates, this is no change. They have 165 Councillors; they have gained 24 Councillors.
UKIP did well and Nigel Farage is in the limelight as the leader. Miliband is not as happy as he thought he would be and Cameron and Clegg are disheartened but were expecting bad results.
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