Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Friday, May 06, 2011

UK local elections

The Lib Dems lose big, but not the Conservatives

Vote 2011: Lib Dems suffer election losses
Nick Clegg has said the Lib Dems are being "blamed" for coalition spending cuts as the party suffers heavy losses in English local elections.

The Lib Dems have lost almost half their councillors in results declared so far, with many seats going to Labour. The Tory vote is holding up.

The SNP has won a majority in the Scottish Parliament, making it the first party ever to do so.

And Labour failed by one seat to take a majority in the Welsh Assembly…

Gary Long, leader of the Lib Dem group on Nottingham City Council, urged Mr Clegg to "resign immediately", while Irene Davidson, of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, said he should "think about his position".

But Business Secretary Vince Cable ruled out a leadership contest…

The result of a UK-wide referendum on whether to end the first-past-the-post system for Westminster elections and replace it with the alternative vote (AV) system will not be known until Friday evening…

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