UN The 2019 UK Local Elections megathread - This is a local election! For local issues!

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Council elections are today and despite the protestations of the government, they are expecting an absolute bloodbath because of the forecast of people using this a Brexit protest vote.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48120274

Voters are heading to the polls for council and mayoral elections across England and Northern Ireland.
Elections are being held for 248 English councils, six mayors and all 11 councils in Northern Ireland.
Polling stations for the vote - spanning metropolitan and district councils and unitary authorities - opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST.
There are no local elections in Scotland and Wales.
This is the biggest set of local elections in England's four-year electoral cycle, with more than 8,400 seats being contested.
A further 462 seats are up for grabs in Northern Ireland.
Voters in 10 local authorities in England need to either show ID or produce their polling card before they can vote as part of a trial scheme.
Those in Braintree, Broxtowe, Craven, Derby, North Kesteven, Woking and Pendle have to show ID before they can vote.
Voters in Mid Sussex, North West Leicestershire, and Watford local authorities are required to show their polling card.
Everyone else in England can vote as usual, and do not need to take their polling card or any proof of identity with them.
But in Northern Ireland, voters need photo ID, the polling card received through the post being for information purposes only.
The weather forecast is for clear spells in the west and cloudier further east, with showers or more persistent rain.
Results for about 108 English councils are expected to be declared before 06:00 on Friday.
The remaining 140 are scheduled to come in throughout Friday, mostly between midday and 1800 BST.
The Northern Irish ones will take longer to come through because they have a more complicated voting system.
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Any thoughts on how it will turn out? How small do you think the turnout will be? What about the body count? Will we see some dead councillor candidates this year?
 
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I'll be voting today, didn't realise that it was a countrywide election as it's voting for the mayor of the city.

How can Brexit be involved with a mayor's duty? I looked through a pamphlet of the local candidates and none of them had Brexit in their goals for the city, just employment, getting kids off streets and improving green areas.
 
Kuchipatchi said:
How can Brexit be involved with a mayor's duty? I looked through a pamphlet of the local candidates and none of them had Brexit in their goals for the city, just employment, getting kids off streets and improving green areas.
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You really think the average person gives a shit about that?

They're pissed off and want to show those in charge just how pissed off they are.
 
I do hope this turns into a giant 'fuck you' to the current establishment. My bet is that it will largely happen, save for some demographically challenged areas.
 
I will probably vote for the Green Party in my area. They are the most likely to prevent the council from selling off allotments and other public utilities, which is a real possibility and would be awful for thousands of people around here.

Couldn't care less about national issues in this election, as councillors are totally impotent on that stage and their opinions are hot air. I will vote for the Brexit Party in the European Parliament election.
 
Well on the north of Ireland front it'll be interesting to see how much support Provisional Sinn Féin and the SDLP will loose the new right wing republican party Aontú.
 
I'll be expecting the conservatives to lose 800 seats, unfortunately many of them are running unopposed, 148 councillors (137 Tories) have already been elected .

On top of that another 152 seats will be guaranteed because there are too few candidates in a single ward. (https://www.economist.com/britain/2...english-councillors-will-be-elected-unopposed)

In light of this missed opportunity i would expect record low turnout in rural areas.
 
A cartoonist did a pretty good comic of your thread title:
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I don’t really have a comment since the result seems pretty obvious, I’m just glad I put a bet on the Brexit Party getting the most seats at the EU elections while the odds were around even.
 
Pickle Inspector said:
A cartoonist did a pretty good comic of your thread title:
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I don’t really have a comment since the result seems pretty obvious, I’m just glad I put a bet on the Brexit Party getting the most seats at the EU elections while the odds were around even.
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Hence the subtitle. I posted this very comic in the Brexit thread.
 
So is this the equivalent of state level elections in the US, or is it more like Mayors and City Council/Township Committee elections over here?
 
Glory to the UK

Options from what I understand

Tories: Retarded moral busybodies that will defund social programs and make inefficient without actually abolishing them

Greens: Will actually fund shit but will be sjws

Labor: Will ignore actually governing and will focus on sjws shit

Lib Dems: Autistic Screeching
 
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