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T_i_B

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8. Oh, and at the Parish level....

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #7)

Sun May 7, 2023, 01:42 PM

May 2023

....Lib Dems won every Parish seat they stood for in Sheffield area!

Labour put up a full slate of candidates where I live but only won 3 out of 15 seats. The rumour is that they did this to stop a particular Labour City councillor from running for Parish as he was such a disaster when he ran the Parish Council a few years ago!

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Anyone having interesting local elections? [View all] LeftishBrit May 2023 OP

4 school levies True Blue American May 2023 #1

Yes. Local school board election mid-May here wherer I live. Three progressives against KPN May 2023 #2

This: murielm99 May 2023 #3

I was really referring to the large number of local council elections today in the UK LeftishBrit May 2023 #4

+1 Celerity May 2023 #5

Not particularly; a neighbouring council found out what happens when a candidate dies on the day muriel_volestrangler May 2023 #6

Sheffield: City and Parish council elections T_i_B May 2023 #7

Oh, and at the Parish level.... T_i_B May 2023 #8

Results are fairly satisfying for non-Tories! LeftishBrit May 2023 #9

One council with results against the grain, due to local events: Leicester muriel_volestrangler May 2023 #10