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[andrewducker]

Results so far of the elections show how contrarily things can work out (and remember, these are local elections, not national ones - electing councillors to run local councils)
Convervatives have 642 councillors
Labour have 773
Liberal Democrats have 530

Look close, yes?

But if we look at the number of councils that equates to:
Conservatives: 30
Labour: 14
Liberals: 5

Presumably the vast difference there is down to size of different councils, but still, it just patently seems ridiculous.

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[adders.livejournal.com]

Our electoral system is like that, full of quirks, because it's actually based on local democracy, not national democracy.

For example, one of the reasons Blair has had such overwhelming majorities both governments is changes in the electoral boundaries that favoured Labour, coupled with a general dislike of the Tories after the Major administration. To get back into power now, the Tories have to get more votes than they did last time, and in different places.

[ang-grrr.livejournal.com]

How many NOC's?

The Liberal Democrats have increased their share of seats in Sefton but the council remains hung.