The year 2024 is a big election year, not only nationally, but also in Santa Rosa County. We’re guessing everyone is aware of that, unless you sleep under a rock or somehow drive around town with your eyes closed. At this point, we’re not sure you could throw a rock on most major thoroughfares in Santa Rosa County and not hit an election sign.
As Julia Armstrong, one of the local democracy reporters in Sheffield, put it in her analysis piece following last Friday’s count, Sheffield Labour had “a great day” as they gained five seats net (winning six new seats and losing one in Darnall to a pro-Gaza independent candidate). They now hold 36 out of 84 seats, with the Liberal Democrats on 27, Greens remaining on 14 and the Sheffield Community Councillors group down from eight to six. However, while the leader of the council, Cllr Tom Hunt...
While all eyes were focused on the pro-Hamas headbanger elected in Leeds, a quieter revolution was taking place elsewhere.
The borough’s Labour Party – led by Councillor Chris Read – increased their majority by two seats, and now hold 33 seats on the council and remain the ruling party. They may have increased their majority, but it was not a landslide by any means – 30 seats are needed to take control of RMBC – meaning Labour are in power by just three seats. It was a better result for the party than the last election in 2021, which saw Labour lose 16 seats and narrowly cling on to control. However, it wasn’t as...
The borough’s Labour Party – led by Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE – held 17 seats on the council and remain the ruling party. Thirty-two seats are needed to take control of BMBC, and Labour have a clear majority with 48 councillors overall. The Conservatives lost one of their two seats to Labour, leaving them with just one councillor. They lost Penistone East, a traditional Tory stronghold, to Labour’s John Roberts. Councillor Roberts won the seat with a majority of just 156 votes, with...
Local council elections, along with several regional mayoral and one parliamentary by-election were held in England (but not the rest of the UK) on May 2. The results were potentially significant insofar as a very poor showing by the Conservatives could have had an immediate impact on Rishi Sunak’s fate as prime minister. The parliamentary More
James Stewart will take over as the new president of Unifor Local 444 after defeating Monte Pidskalny in an election held over Thursday and Friday. It’ll be the second time Stewart has held the role of president. He filled in as interim president for a year in 2017 when then president Dino Chiodo took the […]
The electoral campaign for the local and European parliamentary elections on June 9 begins on Friday and ends on June 8, at 7:00 a.m. The audiovisual campaign will end on June 7, at 7:00 a.m. The Central Electoral Bureau recommends electoral competitors to have a balanced and honest speech and to avoid distortion or manipulation […]
Türkiye's top electoral authority has disclosed notable disparities in voter turnout across various regions in the local polls held on March 31, with Bingöl registering the lowest participation rate at 59.63 percent, while Artvin recorded the highest figure at 83.44 percent.
Using how people voted in local elections to predict a potential general election result poses difficulties.
Portland voters have tried to get big money out of local politics for years, but it has poured into Congressional races this spring. by Abe Asher The final weeks of the campaign to replace Rep. Earl Blumeaneur in Congress have been dominated by reporting on a single issue: the millions of dollars of outside spending that have flooded in to try to stop the candidacy of former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal. The...
Gender quotas exist for the general election, is it time for a rollout at local level?