Read about the 2015 local elections, held on 7 May 2015. This was the same day as the general election which saw David Cameron win an overall majority.
For a full data series of the annual local election results, see my LocalBase.
A UKIP candidate at the Bassetlaw district elections has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting using false signatures on his nomination papers.
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The proportion of Liberal Democrat local council candidates candidates who are female showed an improvement in this year’s council elections in England. But… … Read the full post »
Kinson North ballot papers were sent to Kinson South polling stations and vice versa for the May 7 local elections. … Read the full post »
Here’s the national equivalent vote share which Ukip has secured in the last three rounds of local elections. Notice a trend? … Read the full post »
London Liberal Democrat members are voting to select list candidates for next May’s GLA elections but some key information is missing from the ballot. … Read the full post »
At the Lib Dem GLA hustings, most of the candidates failed to show an instinctive understanding of how technology is destroying the basic premise of Black Cab regulation. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has increased to 29 (from an initial 24) its tally of Returning Officers who failed to do their job properly in May. … Read the full post »
New figures out from the Electoral Commission show that at least 24 Returning Officers failed to meet the standards necessary for a “well-run election”. … Read the full post »
Bournemouth Borough Council has been notified by the High Court an election petition has been submitted challenging the result in the Kinson South ward. … Read the full post »
Cllr Tostevin again topped the poll with 875 votes, increasing her majority from 71 to 116 votes, while Cllr Kelley came second with 759 votes, and his wife, Claire, in third with 622 votes. … Read the full post »