The Rout Continues.

Tory rout continues as party picks up 500 town hall seats. The UK Independence Party also picked up an extra 159 seats, as it moved to strengthen its base in town halls across the country.  With counting still under way in 279 authorities, the Tories had picked up an extra 495 councillors. The Liberal Democrats had 350 net losses and Labour lost 188 seats, continuing the rout which both parties suffered at the ballot box on Thursday The Tories gained control at 24 councils including Babergh, Basingstoke and Deane, Brentwood, East Lindsey, East Staffordshire, Eden, St Albans, South Gloucestershire and Staffordshire Moorlands. They captured Amber Valley, Gravesham and North Warwickshire from Labour, Hinckley & Bosworth from Lib Dems and Richmondshire from independents but lost overall control at Tendring.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11594919/Conservative-election-rout-continues-as-party-picks-up-500-town-hall-seats.html


Labour clearly need a game changing plan, as they have been well and truly routed.

one can see why

our local council (cheshire east) has ove the past yeasr had exactly the same cuts as any other.

YET...it has maintained ESSENTIAL services
It has maintained STATUTORY services
and council tax has hardly increased....the biggest increase was the police precept

If they can do it one has to ask why the labour ones cannot???

and one comes to the conclusion that either its down to incompetance OR that they are playing political games they should not be.....

THIS IS the result when a country doesn't have 'compulsory Voting' in place...

IT'S OBVIOUS that too many of your Labour and UKIP supporters didn't make it past their local pub after they so earnestly set off to search out the local polling booths, in pursuit of doing their democratic duties..    

[WE wouldn't see such dramatic results over here, either - as our council elections are held on different dates, and on a state-by-state basis as well, so they they don't match up..].

MIGHT AS WELL celebrate while you can, as there will be sure to be a natural adjustment and corrections at your next election, when your Tory side fails to deliver - as always - on their economic and employment promises !