Election results in my locality
Like everyone in Britain, I’m waiting to see what sort of government the country will have for the next few months, if not years. Like most Labour supporters, I’m hoping that we might yet see a Labour-Liberal coalition government.
Meanwhile, as a Labour supporter, my gloom at the national result is tempered by some fantastic local results.
I blogged earlier about the result in my Parliamentary constituency of Brent North where sitting Labour MP Barry Gardiner was returned with a majority of 8,000 and a swing against him of only 2.3%.
Further data here.
I now have the results for my London borough which is Brent. A Conservative-Liberal administration has been replaced by a majority Labour administration in a stunning result:
Labour – 40 (21 seats gained)
Liberal – 17 (10 seats lost)
Conservative – 6 (9 seats lost)
Other – 0 (2 seats lost)
Further data here.
I live in the bluest part of the borough in the Northwick Park ward and I’ve never had a Labour councillor, but amazingly Labour took one of the three seats in my ward. So many congratulations to Councillor Margaret McLennan.
Further data here.