UK Election: Decisive conservative victory in local election

Things are not looking bright at all for the UK’s Labour Party, which suffered a massive setback in the local elections across the United Kingdom. The UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s conservative party made decisive gains and were the biggest victor in the election. The election was held on Thursday, 4th May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain, with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales. In total, 4,851 council seats are up for election in 88 councils; additionally, six new mayors will be directly elected. All 32 councils in Scotland (1,227 seats) and all 22 councils in Wales (1,254 seats) are up for election; an additional 34 councils (2,370 seats) in England are up for election. Of the 35 English councils up for election, 27 are county councils, seven are unitary authorities, and one is the Don caster Metropolitan Borough Council.

Following were the previous result,

• Labour – 1,535 seats
• Conservatives – 1,136 seats
• Lib Dems – 484 seats
• SNP – 438 seats
• Plaid Cymru – 170 seats
• UKIP – 146 seats
• Green Party – 34 seats

Early results are showing that Tories are in for their big victory, which would surely boost morale ahead of the general election on June 8th.

• The Conservatives have 561 seats, gaining 155.
• Labour has 403 seats, losing 125.
• Independents have 201 seats, gaining 25.
• The Lib Dems have 142 seats, losing 29.
• Plaid Cymru has 47 seats, gaining 12.
• Ukip lost 41 seats and have not held any.