UK LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS

 

 

Local election results in the UK 2019 

 

 

 

Voters in the United Kingdom tend to be consistent, swinging between Labour and Conservative parties for the most part, even though it is this combination that has created our staggering national debt - making all of us in Britain financial slaves, but with young families struggling to contain debt most of all as a result, condemned to a life of renting and wealthy landlords who at 28 days notice on some pretext, might take away their security, such as to re-advertise and put the rent up - so avoiding Rent Tribunals.

 

New rules have made it a bit more difficult for landlords, offering some protections. But by and large the landlord holds all the cards. Buying a home, lowers the property cost by about three times.

 

Unfortunately, as most of the landlords are Conservatives, on Conservative councils, local authorities will not build affordable housing, for fear of upsetting their members. In 2021 Boris Johnson's Cabinet are seeing to that, by not stopping climate corrupt councils such as Wealden, from building nothing but executive housing, or housing for landlords. Even having declared a climate emergency, they are still acting like climate deniers. The problem being that the Conservative Party is corrupt, offering only a Part Time Parliament, with more time spent on consultancy second jobs, that are in fact their prime focus.

 

What new young families need, is a Green or Liberal party who might pass statute to make genuinely affordable house building compulsory for all major property developers.

 

They might also eliminate the need for planning permission for approved sustainable flatpack designs, where councils have failed to secure a rolling stock of land for low cost housing, and be required to compulsorily purchase land from farmer land owners, at a value to be set, to keep affordable housing below the level of that an ordinary working man might afford on his wages locally. 

 

 

 

A zone free of sustainable housing for wealthy landlords to make big profits

 

 

SHOW US THE AFFORDABLE HOUSES - Wealden can't, because they have not built any. You won't get planning consent in this area of Sussex for low cost housing, because there is no profit in that. It's all about money and the Community Infrastructure Levy. There is no CIL on affordable housing. What these councillors want is lots of expensive houses to generate more rateable taxes that they can then pay to their overpaid planning officers and executives.

 

 

 

 

Don't fuck up our planet

 

 

 

THE MODERN SLAVE TRADE

 

Financial slavery should be illegal. Our present Government has fostered the making of a renting society, rather then one where houses are built that any family might purchase at reasonable prices in relation to comfortable living. It was Margaret Thatcher who really put the boot in with council house sell offs at the same time fostering private enterprise and private landlords with polices that made slaves of millions of people who could not get on to the property ladder, so end up renting at artificially high prices for could be the rest of their lives.

 

One way out of this mess, and a step in the direction of paying off our national debt without defaulting, is to build low cost housing that is energy self sufficient.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK LOCAL ELECTIONS 2019

 

Tories and Labour both did poorly but Lib Dems and Greens swept up more seats in the local elections.

Tories have lost more than two dozen councils and over 1,000 seats so far, possibly due to the poor performance of Theresa May with the EU and Brexit.

Labour are several councils down and have seen a drop of more seats as their position on the fence fails to win them any more support.

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats are up more than 600 and Independents had a great night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are the results for 2019:

Sunderland - Labour hold

Chorley - Labour hold

Halton - Labour hold

South Tyneside - Labour hold

Havant - Conservative hold

Wigan - Labour hold

Broxbourne - Conservative Hold

Sandwell - Labour hold

Newcastle - Labour hold

Harlow - Labour hold

Liverpool - Labour hold

Oldham - Labour hold

St Helens - Labour hold

Epping Forest - Conservative hold

Sefton - Labour hold

Wolverhampton - Labour hold

Exeter - Labour hold

Tameside - Labour hold

Hartlepool - Labour lose to No Overall Control 

Barnsley - Labour hold

Swindon - Conservative hold

Castle Point - Conservative hold

Sunderland - Labour hold

Hart - No Overall Control - hold

Rochford - Conservative hold

Brentwood - Conservative hold

Basildon - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Lincoln - Labour hold

Tandridge - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Rushmoor - Conservative hold

Wirral - Labour lose to No Overall Control

Salford - Labour hold

North Tyneside - Labour hold

Coventry - Labour hold

Bolton - No Overall Control - no change

Stevenage - Labour hold

Rochdale - Labour hold

North Warwickshire - Conservative hold

Southampton - Labour hold

Tamworth - Conservative hold

Walsall - Conservative gain from Labour

Stockport - No Overall Control - no change

Thurrock - No Overall Control - no change

Bury - Labour hold

St Albans - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Wakefield - Labour hold

Reading - Labour hold

Eastleigh - Liberal Democrats hold

Peterborough - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Colchester - No Overall Control - no change

Derby - No Overall Control - no change

Southend on sea - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Rugby - Conservative hold

Ipswich - Labour hold

Barrow in Furness - Labour hold

Worcester - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Cambridge - Labour hold

Brocknell Forest - Conservative hold

Wokingham - Conservative hold

Plymouth - Labour hold

Maldon - Conservative hold

Boston - Conservative hold

Kingston Upon Hull - Labour hold

South Lakeland - Lib Dem hold

North East Lincolnshire - Conservative gain from No Overall Control

Leeds - Labour hold

North West Leicestershire - Conservative hold

Slough - Labour hold

Hertsmere - Conservative hold

Trafford - Labour gain from No Overall Control

Luton - Labout hold

Dudley - No Overall Control - no change

Melton - Conservative hold

Winchester - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

North Norfolk - Liberal Democrat gain from No Overall Control

New Forest - Conservative hold

Welwyn Hatfield - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

East Hertfordshire - Conservative hold

Nottingham - Labour hold

South Holland - Conservative hold

Derbyshire Dales - Conservative hold

Cotswold - Lib Dem gain from Conservative

Braintree - Conservative hold

Folkestone and Hythe - Con loss to No Overall Control

Ashfield - Independents gain from No Overall Control

Dartford - Conservative hold

West Lindsay - Conservative hold

Bolsolver - Labour loss to No Overall Control

Test Valley - Conservative hold

North Kesteven - Independent gain from Conservative

Bath and North East Somerset - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

East Riding of Yorkshire - Conservative hold

Medway - Conservative hold

Windsor and Maidenhead - Conservative hold

Broxtowe - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

North Devon - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

North Lincolnshire - Conservative hold

Chelmsford - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Torbay - No Overall Control - no change

East Hampshire - Conservative hold

Dacorum - Conservative hold

Somerset West and Taunton - Liberal Democrat gain (new council)

South Gloucestershire - Conservative hold

South Kesteven - Conservative hold

Tendring - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Stoke-on-Trent - No Overall Control - no change

Vale of White House - Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

South Oxfordshire - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Gateshead - Labour hold

Blackburn with Darwen - Labour hold

Amber Valley - Labour gain from Conservative

West Oxfordshire - Conservative hold

Tunbridge Wells - Conservative hold

Worthing - Conservative hold

Hyndburn - Labour hold

Burnley - Labour lose to No Overall Control

Knowsley - Labour hold

Herefordshire - Conservatives lose to No Overall Control

Cannock Chase - Labour lose to No Overall Control

Redditch - Conservative hold

West Suffolk - Conservative gain (new council)

Watford - Lib Dems hold

Sheffield - Labour hold

Kirklees - Labour hold

Craven - Conservatives lose to No Overall Control

North Hertfordshire - Conservatives lose to No Overall Control

Maidstone - No Overall Control - no change

Milton Keynes - No Overall Control - no change

Gedling - Labour hold

South Somerset - Lib Dem hold

East Cambridgeshire - Conservative hold

Calderdale - Labour gain from No Overall Control

Rossendale - Labour hold

Stratford-on-Avon - Conservative hold

Fenland - Conservative hold

West Lancashire - Labour hold

Mid Suffolk - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Darlington - Labour lose to No Overall Control

Solihull - Conservative hold

Pendle - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Breckland - Conservative hold

Elmbridge - No Overall Control - no change

Manchester - Labour hold

West Devon - Conservative hold

Newark & Sherwood - Conservative hold

Warwick - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Three Rivers - Lib Dem hold

Babergh - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Bradford - Labour hold

Hambleton - Conservative hold

Erewash - Conservative hold

Lichfield - Conservative hold

Mole Valley - Lib Dem gain from Conservative

Bromsgrove - Conservative hold

Malvern Hills - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Woking - No Overall Control - no change

Great Yarmouth - Conservative hold

Wychavon - Conservative hold

Bassetlaw - Labour hold

South Norfolk - Conservative hold

Mendip - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

East Staffordshire - Conservative hold

Stockton-on-Tees - Labour lose to No Overall Control

Blackpool - Labour hold

Staffordshire Moorlands - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

South Staffordshire - Conservative hold

Stafford - Conservative hold

Blaby - Conservative hold

Leicester - Labour hold

Wyre Forest - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Sedgemoor - Conservative hold

Rushcliffe - Conservative hold

Eden - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

South Hams - Conservative hold

Forest of Dean - No Overall Control - no change

Middlesbrough - Labour lose to No Overall Control

Teignbridge - Lib Dem gain from No Overall Control

Basingstoke & Deane - Conservative hold

Copeland - Labour hold

Preston - Labour hold

Carlisle - No Overall Control - no change

Ribble Valley - Conservative hold

North Somerset - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Broadland - Conservative hold

High Peak - Labour gain from Conservative

Tewkesbury - Conservative hold

Richmondshire - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Redcar & Cleveland - No Overall Control - no change

Selby - Conservative hold

Ashford - Conservative hold

Swale - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Central Bedfordshire - Conservative hold

North East Derbyshire - Conservative gain from Labour

Wealden - Conservative hold

Charnwood - Conservative hold

Ryedale - No Overall Control - no change

Uttlesford - Independent gain from Conservative

Rutland - Conservative hold

Harborough - Conservative hold

Dover - Conservative hold

Chichester - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Oadby & Wigston - Lib Dem hold

Fylde - Conservative hold

Eastbourne - Lib Dem hold

Sevenoaks - Conservative hold

Norwich - Labour hold

Gravesham - Labour gain from No Overall Control

Cherwell - Conservative hold

Mid Devon - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Wyre - Conservative hold

Torridge - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Epsom & Ewell - Independent hold

Runnymede - Conservative hold

Surrey Heath - Conservative hold

East Suffolk - Conservative gain (new council)

Reigate & Banstead - Conservative hold

Canterbury - Conservative hold

Chesterfield - Labour hold

South Derbyshire - Conservative hold

Tonbridge & Malling - Conservative hold

Scarborough - No Overall Control (no change)

King's Lynn & West Norfolk - Conservative hold

Lewes - No Overall Control (no change)

Crawley - Labour hold

Horsham - Conservative hold

Thanet - No Overall Control (no change)

Guildford - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Cheshire West & Chester - Labour lose to No Overall Control

South Ribble - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Rother - Conservative lose to No Overall Control

Brighton & Hove - No Overall Control - no change

Arun - Conservative loss to No Overall Control

Lancaster - Labour loss to No Overall Control

Dorset - Conservative gain (new council)

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole - No Overall Control (new council)

Spelthorne - Conservative hold

East Lindsey - Conservative hold

 

 

 

 

ABOLISH PLANNING FEES FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES

 

One way to boost the build of low cost housing would be to make such builds a Permitted Development, with free advice from councils and no community infrastructure charges.

 

Self-builds and flat-pack housing should be encouraged, especially where they are timber and so lock up carbon.

 

Where councils have been allowing building in areas traditionally prohibited, any land apart from Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty should be okay for affordable houses. On ANOBs such buildings should be mobile.

 

 

 

 

 

TOKEN SOLAR PANELS - Wow! At last we see signs of intelligent life in Herstmonceux on this building site exiting onto Gardner Street. Pity there are not more photovoltaic panels, and where are the EV charging points. In this village there are no school spaces for the children, meaning that parents will have to drive their kids to another location, or a bus will have to take them. The roads locally are a potholed disgrace and narrow. Travel to Eastbourne is nearly always delayed by the level crossing at Pevensey and the A22 and A23 are slow roads to London and Brighton because East Sussex County Council failed to ensure that our transport system was efficient. There are of course very few electric vehicle charging points.

 

 

 

Wealden District Council elections took place on May 2, 2019. The number of seats up for election this year fell from 55 to 45, due to boundary changes.

 

 

 

 

 

EMPIRE BUILDING - The problem with empires is that they do not last. Their builders always lose sight of the natural limitations that have governed the evolution and ecological balance of planet earth for millions of years before man came along and thought he knew better.

 

 

 

 

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IRRESPONSIBLE HOUSE BUILDING LEADS TO CLIMATE CHANGE WITH WEALDEN EMBRACING SLAVERY OF THE LESS WELL OFF