Can Labour become the largest party in local government? The lack of Labour progress in recent local elections means the Conservatives still have more councillors and control more councils than any other party. But that might be about to change. Defending more than 3,000 seats (over half thei...
Local elections 2023: Counts under way as voter ID issues begin to emerge Around 70% of the English electorate had the chance to mark their ballots. But with new rules meaning they were required to bring identification, some are raising concerns about people being turned away. Counting is...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his vote in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 31, 2024. Voters flocked to the polls on Sunday in Istanbul, Türkiye's financial and cultural hub, for the country's local elections. (Turkish Presidency/Handout via Xinhua) A voter casts his vote at a polli...
Voters head to polls for local elections in England with photo ID needed for first time Thur 4 May 1.47pm • Voting is open for 230 councils in England between 7am and 10pm today. The results will be announced tomorrow. Share this video Share on FacebookShare on X Copy l...
SANTIAGO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chile saw a historic turnout this weekend as over 13 million Chileans, or 84.87 percent of eligible voters, went to polls to elect mayors, city councilors, and regional governors, the Electoral Service (Servel) reported Monday. ...
Local Elections: Council Polls: Big Setback for Labour as Tories Make Town Hall GainsTHE TORIES swept to victory in the local authority elections last night to give William Hague a much-needed boost in his attempts to fight back against Labour.Andrew Grice...
is still some uncertainty over the local government elections scheduled for March, though all parties including the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) have been busy making nominations and placing cash deposits for...
Jim Woodward. File photo. Bonner County Clerk Michael Rosedale, who oversees county elections, told theReaderthat nearly 15,200 votes were cast May 21, representing about 46.7% of registered voters — an increase from the 43.8% who participated in the 2022 primary. ...
The endorsement also touched on Trump’s previous actions towards Puerto Rico and said he has an “obsession and disdain for a people who do not have the power of the vote to defend themselves,” referring to the fact that those who live in Puerto Rico cannot vote in US ...
But one important commonality between those elections is that while they were surprising given the state of the opinion polls, they were not that surprising given the state of the parties in the local elections that took place the previous year. In 1991, Neil Kinnock’s Labour party was just...