Sheffield City Council elections: Labour move ahead but Independent scores a surprise victory
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The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has produced more than half a dozen articles about what happened at the count and what the new makeup of the city council will mean for Sheffield for the foreseeable future. However, there are some numbers we need to talk about. At the count last Friday (May 3), it was announced that the total turnout was 31.87 per cent – later, on SheffNews (the council’s news website) it was reported that the overall local election turnout was 32.7 per cent. Last...
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Council staff work together election night success – Coventry City Council
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