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Related: About this forumThose local election results in full:
England local elections results[\b]
1st UKIP 17%
2nd CONS 29%
3rd LAB 31%
4th LD 13%
Source: the British media
1st UKIP 17%
2nd CONS 29%
3rd LAB 31%
4th LD 13%
Source: the British media
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Those local election results in full: (Original Post)
Anarcho-Socialist
May 2014
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Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)1. Nice to see the Labour gains
Worryingly strong showing for UKIP though.
LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)2. SNORT! That really says it all.
non sociopath skin
(4,972 posts)3. Didn't UKIP get first AND second places?
The Skin
muriel_volestrangler
(101,367 posts)4. They're targetting Eastleigh, where they won an impressive 0 wards
Among the seats it is likely to target are a batch in Essex, plus Rotherham, Great Grimsby, Great Yarmouth, Portsmouth South, Eastleigh, Broxtowe, North Thanet and South Thanet.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/24/ukip-hitlist-20-seats-commons
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/24/ukip-hitlist-20-seats-commons
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/News/11232385.Lib_Dems_fight_off_UKIP_to_tighten_grip_on_Eastleigh/
Second really is the new first.