The battle for Calderdale

Mark Andrew, Halifax Conservatives webmaster, reports Calderdale is run by the LD/Lab group who took control last May. There are… Read more »

The battle for Nottingham

Nottingham City Council is a unitary authority with all the seats up for election on May 5. It has a… Read more »

The battle for Cheshire East

Cheshire East is a new unitary authority with all the seats up for election on May 5th. At present there… Read more »

Will the Green Party split the socialist vote?

The Green Party have 117 councillors in 43 local authorities and are fielding 1,600 candidates on May 5. That is… Read more »

The battle for Harlow

Cllr Andrew Johnson, the Conservative leader of Harlow Council reports The current composition of Harlow District Council is 16 Conservatives, 11… Read more »

The battle for Telford & Wrekin

Telford & Wrekin Council is a unitary authority with all the seats upo for election on May 5th. It has… Read more »

The battle for North Warwickshire

North Warwickshire Borough Council has all its seats up for election on May 5th. At present it is a Conservative… Read more »

The battle for York

 The City of York Council is a unitary authority with all the seats coming up for election on May 5…. Read more »

The battle for Warrington

Warrington Borough Council is a unitary authority with a Lib Dem/Conservative coalition. There are 23 Lib Dem councillors with six… Read more »

The battle for Woking

Woking Borough Council is currently under no overall control but Conservative-led with 18 conservatives and 17 Lib Dems. A  third… Read more »

Councils facing elections next month using reserves

A survey for the FT suggests that Councils facing elections next month are more likely to be using up reseves than… Read more »

Shapps says Conservatives councils showing the way with innovative savings

Conservative councils are showing the way for local authorities around the country with innovative savings to help protect frontline services…. Read more »

Few Conservative council candidates in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Patterson has expressed backing for the Conservative council candidates in the local elections in Ulster following… Read more »

The battle for Lewes

Lewes District Council has all the seats up for election on May 5. At present it is a Lib Dem… Read more »

The battle for Medway

Medway has a Conservative-run unitary authority with all the seats up for election. Deputy Council leader Cllr Alan Jarrett outlines… Read more »