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22. Peter Davies is no longer Mayor of Doncaster!

Fri May 3, 2013, 12:11 PM

May 2013

Last edited Sat May 4, 2013, 05:43 AM - Edit history (2)

Labour have won that contest by 590 votes. I suspect that Peter Davies splitting from the English Democrats (who have been hoovering up many disaffected former BNP members) might have been the factor that swung it here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21701661

Good riddance to bad rubbish, but Doncaster is a strong candidate for the worst local authority in the country and I don't envy Ros Jones her job if she's to sort the place out.

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County Council elections on 2nd May [View all] T_i_B Apr 2013 OP

Oxfordshire County Council are up this year LeftishBrit Apr 2013 #1

Good chance that Thatcher clone Linda Arkley will be beaten in North Tyneside non sociopath skin Apr 2013 #2

Waverley Borough is up this time too. mwooldri Apr 2013 #3

Buckinghamshire - 'nuff said tjwmason Apr 2013 #4

Significant UKIP rise here tjwmason May 2013 #26

The Tories seems certain to hold Hampshire muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #5

In addition to the "nutter UKIP found in a pub" tendency.... T_i_B Apr 2013 #6

The Tories held Hampshire, but UKIP gained - from Lib Dems as well as Cons muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #14

The elections are this week T_i_B Apr 2013 #7

Quite a lot of Labour and Green campaigning in my ward; almost none from other parties LeftishBrit Apr 2013 #8

The ward I live in is a Tory one T_i_B Apr 2013 #9

Labour and the Lib Dems campaigning hard here in SE Northumberland non sociopath skin Apr 2013 #10

Be very careful about abolishing an elected mayor T_i_B May 2013 #12

Hartlepool has done just that and seems relieved. No more Monkey Business! non sociopath skin May 2013 #17

Peter Davies is no longer Mayor of Doncaster! T_i_B May 2013 #22

The Tories are worried about UKIP here on the coast in West Sussex fedsron2us May 2013 #11

Some updates T_i_B May 2013 #13

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead! non sociopath skin May 2013 #16

Just had a look at the results in Essex to get an idea of that. T_i_B May 2013 #18

Good news - though how did North Tyneside ever get a Tory Mayor in the first place? LeftishBrit May 2013 #24

See post 17 above non sociopath skin May 2013 #27

Another quality candidate from UKIP - spending 6 months in Thailand muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #15

Maybe he should team up with Mark Sanford. LeftishBrit May 2013 #42

UKIP are polling about a quarter of all the votes cast fedsron2us May 2013 #19

There seem to have been a lot of regional variations. non sociopath skin May 2013 #20

Regional variations that make analysis extremely difficult muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #21

UKIP are not going to be winning any Parliamentary seats fedsron2us May 2013 #23

I'm in Herts dipsydoodle May 2013 #28

You're doing a good job in staying away from UKIP fans muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #29

Bishops Stortford dipsydoodle May 2013 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author T_i_B May 2013 #31

9 more, actually (I think you were looking at the figures I gave for Hants) muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #33

The Tories lost overall control in Oxfordshire! LeftishBrit May 2013 #25

Derbyshire went Labour T_i_B May 2013 #34

Anyone any idea of turnout? The King of Prussia May 2013 #32

The turnout was in the region of about 30% fedsron2us May 2013 #38

So my Primary School maths tells me The King of Prussia May 2013 #39

You can hardly blame British voters for not turning up at the polls fedsron2us May 2013 #40

Not the voters' fault The King of Prussia May 2013 #41

Probably the lowest percentage of the electorate to get elected: 5.6% muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #43

This was my local result in a Watford council ward. dipsydoodle May 2013 #35

Well, if you're in Watford we'd best not mention the football. T_i_B May 2013 #36

Yes dipsydoodle May 2013 #37