Your Local Election Results Briefing from the Liberal Democrats | |
| Good morning John,
Since polls closed on Thursday evening, teams across England and Wales have been busy counting ballots - and with most results now declared, it is clear that the Liberal Democrats are continuing our winning streak, with some excellent results across the country.
Here’s the picture as of 9:30am this morning, with just a handful of council results left to be declared later today. 🔽 | |
GAINED control of 2 Councils | Dorset - where we gained 13 councillors
Tunbridge Wells - where we gained 8 councillors | HELD control of 10 Councils | Cheltenham, Eastleigh, Gosport, Hull, Mole Valley, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford, Winchester & Woking
And we are the largest party in:
Cherwell, Elmbridge, Hart, Portsmouth, Rochford, Stockport, West Oxfordshire & Wokingham | GAINED 101 Councillors | Electing 505 Councillors in total so far.
We’ve increased our councillor numbers in:
Barnsley, Basingstoke and Deane, Brentwood, Cheltenham, Cherwell, Dorset, Dudley, Elmbridge, Exeter, Fareham, Gateshead, Hart, Havant, Kirklees, Lincoln, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Mole Valley, North Hertfordshire, Pendle, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Preston, Reigate and Banstead, Rochford, Runnymede, Rushmoor, Sefton, Solihull, Southampton, Stockport, Tunbridge Wells, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, West Oxfordshire, Winchester, Woking, Wokingham & Worcester | |
🔶 Winning Here Headlines 🔶 | 🔶 At time of writing, we are the party in second for the number of councillor seats won, ahead of the Conservatives.
🔶 We've won Dominic Raab's Esher & Walton Constituency with 42.6% of the vote share vs the Conservatives on 29.1%.
🔶 In Woking, Michael Gove's election agent lost his seat to us, and there are now no Conservative councillors here.
🔶 In Hampshire, we've gained four seats in Fareham, Suella Braverman’s backyard, and are the largest party in Portsmouth, where Penny Mordaunt is MP.
🔶 Foreign Secretary David Cameron now has a local Lib Dem councillor thanks to us making gains in West Oxfordshire from the Conservatives.
🔶 We've taken two seats from Labour in Stockport and topped the popular vote in Cheadle and Hazel Grove.
🔶 And most importantly - we've had promising results in many of our Westminster targets seats across the country, giving us fantastic momentum as we head into the General Election! | |
 Ed Davey celebrates in Winchester
In case you missed it, Ed was in Winchester yesterday to celebrate our results and to pledge to make the Conservatives history! |
| Congratulations to all those elected so far and a massive thank you to everybody who stood as a candidate - we are so grateful to you for fighting for your community by putting your name forward.
Thank you also to everybody who has supported our campaign in any way, and to all those who voted for the Liberal Democrats.
There are still a few more results to be declared today - so keep an eye on our social media channels for updates.
Best wishes, |  | Liberal Democrats | | |
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