England results: Saturday open thread

By The Voice | Sat 8th May 2021 - 11:30 am

We will update this thread with Saturday’s results from England.

A heartbreaking result from Morecombe – we gained a swing of 32%, then lost by 3 votes.

Morecambe Central (Lancashire) council result:

Lab: 36.1% (-13.8)
LDem: 36.1% (+31.6)
Con: 19.1% (-14.7)
Ind: 5.7% (+5.7)
Grn: 3.0% (+0.3)

Lab HOLD

Three votes in it.

More: https://t.co/laSaIRWUOf pic.twitter.com/JkFI5kxO4R

— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) May 8, 2021

But better news in Cheltenham:

Liberal Democrats retain control of Cheltenham Borough Council.#ElectionResults2021 pic.twitter.com/2j21NaSkQF

— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) May 8, 2021

And a whopping 43% swing to us in Shropshire:

Alex Wagner wins to become the youngest councillor in Shropshire with a huge 43% swing from the Conservatives. https://t.co/WeCztGAV4T

— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) May 8, 2021

We seem to be gaining seats in a number of local councils – Wokingham (+3), Tunbridge Wells (+4), Gloucester (+3), Devon (+2) – and we held all our seats in Watford.

And here’s a cheering result. Well done to colleagues in Wiltshire.

Liberal Democrats win 27 seats in Wiltshire. Up 6 following gains from the Conservatives.#LibDemWin #ElectionResults2021 pic.twitter.com/jotroWaY2g

— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) May 8, 2021

And on Surrey County Council our representation from Waverley has increased from 1 to 4. Congratulations to Penny Rivers, John Robini, Liz Townsend and Paul Follows.

And what about this …

Tory Leader of Hertfordshire council has just lost their Harpenden seat to a LD. After three recounts. Amazing. And in other news not far away we’ve also taken control of Amersham Town council. Positive for the by-election.

— Layla Moran 🔶 (@LaylaMoran) May 8, 2021

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4 Comments

Ian Thorn 8th May '21 - 9:04pm

No comment on the performance in Wiltshire?
Mary Reid 8th May '21 - 10:45pm

Thanks, @Ian Thorn. It’s up there now.
David Blake 9th May '21 - 7:35am

And the Amersham success is control from no seats before.
Hywel 9th May '21 - 9:26am

20 more votes would have won 3 more seats in Lancashire!

(I do, a very long time ago, have the agents t-shirt of having lost a County Council division in Lancaster by 3 votes!)