Previewing the English local elections of 4th May 2023 Hull council is completely surrounded on the landward side by the sprawling East Riding district, which returned a large Conservative majority in 2019: 49 seats against 8 independents, 8 Lib Dems and two seats for the Yorkshire Party. Both of the last two years local elections in the Home of the Tubular Bandage have seen the Labour council leader lose his or her seat; this year the council leader is seeking re-election in her Royton South ward, which the Conservatives came close to winning in 2022 but where they are standing down this time, apparently in favour of an independent slate. Its a lot of seats for the Conservatives to defend, but most of them are very safe. She has been a presenter for BBC East Midlands Today and a news correspondent for Central Television. The East Midlands Today reporter said she was "genuinely. There have been two sets of local elections since 2019. Matt Teale has an estimated networth of between $1 million and $5 million. Worcester has few marginal wards, but a repeat of 2022 would see the Conservatives lose two seats: the city-centre Cathedral ward to Labour, and the peripheral St Peters Parish to the Green Party. We might need to wait some time for this result to settle down, because the poll in Frimley Green ward has been postponed after one of the Conservative candidates died; Andrews Previews will be back here to throw some darts at a later date. Last year the Conservatives squandered a good chance for a council majority, but a favourable ward map means they have another opportunity to gain overall control this year. This column is old enough to remember when changes to electoral systems were seen as important enough to require a nationwide referendum, a precedent which clearly no longer applies. Labour recovered from their 2021 wipeout to hold four wards last year, and this year they are defending the same four wards: a repeat of the 2022 results would result in only one change, an independent gain in Freshney ward from the Conservatives. This is the year of the cycle where the districts main town (Loughton) has a year off and most of the rural Conservative-voting wards come up for election instead. 3. The Conservatives have large majorities in the tiny Ribble Valley district (tiny in population terms; its a far-flung area based on Clitheroe), the Fylde district (based on Lytham St Annes) and the Wyre district (based on Fleetwood, Poulton-le-Fylde and Garstang). Sarah Teale Production Manager at Page & Bloom London, England, United Kingdom 199 followers 197 connections Join to view profile Page & Bloom The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Report. Our final English region this year is also the busiest in terms of the number of councils up. Northern Ireland uses proportional representation for its elections, and counts its votes by hand. In 2019 Labour won 53 out of 54 seats on the city council, with a Lib Dem being the one that got away; in December 2018 the party had polled 87% of the vote in a high-turnout by-election in Belgrave ward, which is the most strongly-Hindu ward in the country according to the 2021 census (69.4%). Senior Broadcast Journalist/Presenter BBC East Midlands Today, Arts and Design, Media & Communications, Leisure. Redcar and Cleveland is run by a coalition of independent and Lib Dem councillors after the 2019 elections returned an extremely balanced council: 15 Labour, 14 independents, 13 Lib Dems, 11 Conservatives, 3 Eston localists, 2 UKIP and 1 East Cleveland localist. Teale was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England to his parents. After studying for a degree in Broadcast Journalism at Nottingham Trent University, Teale began his career at . When the results come through, be prepared for shocks. Burlington's Local News - Burlington News Labours Adele Brown is standing down from the county council after two years in office; defending her seat for Labour is Patricia Reid, a former county councillor who is also seeking re-election to the borough council in marginal Pitsea North West at the far end of the town. Sarah Teale - Production Manager - Page & Bloom | LinkedIn It might take a while for this result to be sorted out: the poll in the safely-Conservative Hartburn ward has been called off after the Reform UK candidate died, and will be rescheduled for a later date. Last but not least in Devon is the city of Exeter, which has a secure Labour majority that doesnt look in any danger. Midlands Centre Awards nominees announced | Royal Television Society Yes, theyre still going. Sarah Teale got married happily to Matt Teale, a Newsreader, and journalist. Standing for the Conservatives is Andre Camilleri, who is a county councillor for Mansfield South he beat Andy Abrahams there in 2021, and will be hoping to do so again on a boroughwide stage. Rother district surrounds the town of Hastings, which has no elections this year. Favourite name for boy / girl: Well I have to go for Millie and Jamie! The Lib Dems and the Residents for Guildford and Villages run the council in coalition. If Labour can repeat the by-election gain in Etching Hill and gain the by-election seat in Cannock East, then Cannock Chase will be back in No Overall Control and Labour will be well-placed to make large gains in 2024. Of the three districts up for election, Cotswold has a Lib Dem majority after a controversial Tory administration crashed and burned in 2019, Tewkesbury has a large Conservative majority, and the Forest of Dean is a confusing mess. Following splits in both the Labour and Morecambe Bay Independent groups, there is now a Green council leader; her cabinet includes members of most of the councils political groups, but not the Conservatives and Lib Dems. Finally in Yorkshire we come to the city of York itself, which is a rather fascinating hung council. The Conservatives had a large lead in votes here four years ago, but this is one district where Englands first-past-the-post system works against them: Darlingtons Labour vote is concentrated in the town wards, which tend to have lower turnouts, while the Conservatives pile up large majorities in the rural fringe wards. Sunderland now has 43 Labour councillors, 15 Conservatives, 14 Lib Dems, one Reform UK and two independents. I spoke to many neighbours - some very upset after seeing the rescue attempts.