Was a 29/29/25/18 LD/Con/Lab/KIP 150 This time Con 74% LD 7%, so a roughly 34% swing. Not bad. (View Post)

Sunderland as it stands: LAB: 3 (-4) LDM: 2 (+2) CON: 2 (+2) (View Post)

Definitely. To me if feels like 20ish years ago Newcastle and Sunderland were pretty equal, whereas now I'd pop Newcastle in the Bristol, Manchester bucket of cool trendy cities for younger peop… (View Post)

I think that the LDs won't have an awful night - in the shires there are certainly rumbles of discontent, enough to make progress in some places I suspect. Not sure I can be so positive about La… (View Post)

https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1390444498040274944 Kitty Brewster (Northumberland) council result: Con: 51.1% (+21.2) Lab: 43.3% (-1.8) LDem: 5.6% (-1.7) No UKIP (-17.7) as prev. Con GAIN f… (View Post)