JBP’s Political Analysis team has delved into the outcomes of the recent local elections, highlighting the standout winners, notable changes in the political landscape and what these shifts could mean moving forward.
Explore their insights and area-by-area breakdowns below.
West of England Combined Authority
Just days before the polls opened, a shock YouGov survey gave the Green Party a four-point lead over Labour and the stage seemed set for a political fairytale; one where the Greens were poised to lead both Bristol City Council and the West of England for the first time…but it wasn’t meant to be.
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Cornwall Council
Internal controversy and defections, vast distances of coastline and wretched opinion polls (both national and in Cornwall) compounded by heavy losses in the 2024 General Election…just about every condition for a Conservative wipeout in the UK’s capital of surfing was ticked off ahead of 2 May.
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Wiltshire Council
Just after the final vote was counted, leader of Wiltshire Council Richard Clewer stated that the results were ‘deeply frustrating’. This is perhaps an understatement as he reflected on the results that have seen the Tories usurped in a flagship authority that they have controlled for decades.
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Devon County Council
Gloucestershire County Council
Fresh from victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, Nigel Farage made a pointed prediction: the Conservatives were about to be attacked from both flanks: squeezed from the left by the Lib Dems and from the right by Reform. ‘You’ll see this in places like Gloucestershire,’ he warned…and he wasn’t wrong.
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Shropshire Council
Staffordshire County Council
Worcestershire County Council
Warwickshire County Council
Another West Midlands council has been the battleground for a Conservative defeat, this time in Warwickshire, where the Conservative count on the eve of the election was 42. The formerly Conservative-controlled authority now sits in no overall control, with 33 of these seats handed over to the Liberal Democrats, Greens, one to Labour, and most obviously to Reform UK.