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...
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.
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