Many will be paying special attention to this year’s local election results. There are still many more results to come – but here are the important things we know at the moment
The Conservatives have run Wandsworth since 1978, boasting one of the lowest average levels of council tax in the country.Seemingly referring to partygate, he added: ‘Inevitably other events have clouded the judgement of people in Wandsworth.’
Outgoing leader Daniel Thomas said this result was in part due to ‘Conservative voters who just didn’t go out to vote’.supports HTML5 video The opposition party has managed to win back Southampton, after losing it to the Tories last year, but only with a slim majority. Since 2000, Worcester has switched between having a Conservative majority and being in no overall control.
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