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UK Elections - Results show its not going well for Labour...
Kelda:
Well the people of Britain are having their say.. and it seems Iraq has bit labour on the bum....
Yesterday was the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections as well as the council elections across Scotland and England...
For those of you not in the know here is what that means...
--- Quote ---Scottish Parliament elections occur every four years. They elect the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). They began in 1999, when the Scottish Parliament, created by the Scotland Act 1998, began its first session. For elections to the Scottish Parliament the Additional Member System is used, which is a hybrid of single member plurality and proportional representation.
Welsh Assembly elections also occur every four years. They elect the Members of the National Assembly for Wales (AMs). They began in 1999, when the Welsh Assembly, created by the Government of Wales Act 1998, began its first session. For elections to the Welsh Assembly the Additional Member System is used, which is a hybrid of single member plurality and proportional representation.
Local (Council) elections elect councillors forming the local administrations of the United Kingdom are elected. A number of tiers of local council exist, at county, district/borough and town/parish levels. A variety of voting systems are used for local elections. In Northern Ireland, the single transferable vote system is used, whilst in most of England and Wales the single member plurality system is used. The remainder of England (including all of the London Boroughs) and Wales use the plurality at-large system, except for the elections of the Mayor and Assembly of the Greater London Authority (GLA). Scotland will be using single transferable vote for its local elections for the first time in 2007, after the Scottish Parliament passed the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
Local elections are held every year, but different parts of the UK vote in each case. In years with a general election it is usual practice to hold both general and local elections on the same day.
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I'm keeping a close eye on the results as I work for the Scottish Execuitve - if a new party takes over here my job could change dramatically... and it looks like the Scottish National Party (SNP) could do it...
The results are coming in pretty regularly but the BBC seems to be the place to get all the news..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/default.stm
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kelda on May 04, 2007, 04:36:33 am ---I'm keeping a close eye on the results as I work for the Scottish Execuitve - if a new party takes over here my job could change dramatically... and it looks like the Scottish National Party (SNP) could do it...
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Does that mean your job is in the civil service, or is it a political appointment?
I guess you know the Queen is in the states right now, to commemorate the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia. And tomorrow she is attending the Kentucky Derby.
Kelda:
I work for the civil service in the housing and regeneration agency.. so I work for wheoever is in power.. and of course they all have different manifestos and pledges..
At the moment as things stand in the scottish parliament, Labour have lost 5 seats and SNP have gained 15, with 35 seats till to be declared.. I think its going to be a very very close one and either will have to rely on a coalition to get a majority in parliament....
I didn't know that Jeff... she likes her races doesn't she!?
Kelda:
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT RESULTS SO FAR:
After 99 of 129 seats declared
Party Constituency Regional List +/- Tot
LABOUR 36 3 -6 39
SNP 21 15 +17 36
LIB DEM 10 3 -2 13
CONSERVATIVE 4 6 0 10
Others 0 1 -9 1
English Council Seats so far:
After 272 of 312 councils.
Party +/- Total
CON 746 4325
LAB -412 1583
LD -229 1789
OTH -103 893
WELSH ASSEMBLY RESULTS SO FAR:
Party Constituency Regional List +/- Tot
LAB 24 2 -3 26
PC 7 6 +3 13
CON 5 6 0 11
LD 3 2 0 5
Others 1 0 0 1
After 56 of 60 seats declared
Jeff Wrangler:
CON: Is that the Tories? ;D
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