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Local e-what-tions?

May 8th, 2006

What, you want some coverage of the local elections? At this late stage? Well the re-shuffle did nothing to change the results.

I make no apologies, apart from this one, for that which is about to follow, but these folks change your day-to-day existence, so endure it, and make sure they do it right.

Exeter City Council (which is really a district council – it shares responsibility with the county council, whereas unitary authorities have all the power) remains with No Overall Control. The Lib Dems lost one seat (Pennsylvania), Labour lost two (Cowick and Pinhoe) and the Conservatives gained three (Cowick, Pennsylvania and Pinhoe, of course), lifting their number to eight compared to the 16 Labour councillors, 12 Lib Dems and four Liberals. Alphington remains empty. 36.8 per cent of the good burghers turned out to vote.

Plymouth City Council (that’s Unitary Authority, to you) on the other hand was incredibly exciting, yawn. Labour lost control and there is now No Overall Control. Again the Conservatives picked up seats where the other parties dropped theirs – Labour four, Lib Dems one, and Independents one (that makes six to the Tories – Budshead, Drake, Eggbuckland (apparently it does exist), Southway, Stoke, Moor View – don’t know your ward, shame on you!). And the new council consists of 28 Labour acolytes, 25 Conservative, three Liberal Democrats with one seat vacant.

The (egg) buck (land) stops there. If you don’t like what’s going on, get in touch with your councillor and complain. And if you want to complain but in a non-specific way try these nifty ideas: not enough Bobbies on the beat; too many hooligan yoofs drinking alco-pops (so pasee); and my salty water makes me feel thirsty…

Posted by Cptn

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