| Topic: | Re:Will the Tories hold onto the council? | |
| Posted by: | Jean Heaphy | |
| Date/Time: | 07/05/10 21:51:00 |
| Local elections Labour win control of Ealing Council The Labour party won a majority of seats in yesterday's (Thursday 6 May) local elections and will control the council for the next four years. A total of 69 candidates were elected to the council with three councillors representing each of the borough's 23 wards. The political make up of the council is 40 (Labour party), 24 (Conservative party) and 5 (Liberal Democrats). The overall voter turnout was 62.24% of the local electorate of 232,767 people. |