Local Elections V
It is official: Gordon Brown has failed at his first electoral test as leader of the Labour Party. And failed miserably. With 100 out of the 159 councils who held elections yesterday having declared, Labour is down by 162 councillors - well in to the “bad case” scenario and not far off of hitting the panic button. The worst Labour electoral result ever. And the news that should the projected national vote share for this election be repeated at a general election, the Conservatives would have a majority of 138. I think that some Labour MPs will already be reaching for the panic button…
For the Conservatives, it has been a very good set of results. Gains of 147 councillors and 8 councils, well in to the “good result” bracket, and not at all far away from a champagne-cork-popping celebration. However, we must not get complacent. There is still a looooong way to go until a general election, and Labour’s vote will inevitably be higher there. We as Conservatives must show that we are the best people to govern Britain, and that Labour cannot do the job. This needs to be done through coherent and joined-up policies.
As for the Lib Dems, this is a totally unremarkable night. They’ve made virtually no change to their councillors or councils and their vote has dropped again, even though it is now higher than Labours.
I’m now just waiting for my results to come through. The count is starting at 9.30am, and unfortunately I can’t be there as I have to work. Which is annoying.
What the big result which we are all waiting for, however, is the London Mayoral results. There appears to be a consensus among professional political commentators that Ken has lost the race. But we can just wait for the results - and hope.
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