I don't really think it shows that. It does show they aren't going to get a 1997 style landslide or anything closely resembling it... a result that literally nobody with half a brain in the… (View Post)

Ben Bradshaw had a 10k majority over the Tories in a very good election for the blues. Labour won 11 of the 15 seats contested yesterday in those wards in the Exeter constituency (there were 17 conte… (View Post)

He's 92 years old and was first elected (for Labour, funnily enough) in the Borough's first election in 1964. I believe he was on the old Twickenham Urban District Council for a term before… (View Post)

I think the NOC betting is probably about right. There is one very popular independent in Wandsworth who will be re-elected, but other than him, Labour/Tory have locked out other parties for decades … (View Post)

They will certainly outperform national polling, but that isn't terribly new with the Greens (or Lib Dems) - they do pick up local election votes that don't translate into General Election … (View Post)