Local Elections Archive Project: Wigan 2026 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1ls1

LEAP notice: the abbreviation for the Newham Independent Association, who fielded six candidates in the 2002 Newham council election, has been changed to "NewhamIA". The present-day Newham Independent Party has had its abbreviation changed to "NewhamIP": this affects by-elections in the last term.

The annual Eurovision STV thread! In semi-final 1, Israel had the most 12 points and Finland, Moldova, Poland and Serbia would also have qualified for the final on first preferences. We would have lost Sweden and gained Estonia.

I am grateful to my quiz friends for informing me that Lordi have also covered Hold Me Now. And Johnny Logan has returned the favour by recording a cover version of Hard Rock Hallelujah: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJfb...

Next year in Sofia!

Bonjour Vienne, voici les votes du jury Yeale: 1pt: Allemagne 🇩🇪 2: Bulgarie 🇧🇬 3: Chypre 🇨🇾 4: Italie 🇮🇹 5: Croatie 🇭🇷 6: Malte 🇲🇹 7: Albanie 🇦🇱 8: Grèce 🇬🇷 10: Moldavie 🇲🇩 et les 12 points sont attribués à: l'Australie! 🇦🇺

Ok, Lordi doing Save All Your Kisses For Me is the highlight of #eurovision. Like, of all time.

Playing top clarinet. On my own. Don't know the music. And they wired me for sound...

Memo to the BBC pronunciation unit: it's MAYkerfield not MAKkerfield.

Oh, and the Makerfield by-election turns out to be on that date too. Thankfully I've pre-written a lot of that Parliamentary Special as part of a lockdown project.

15 council by-elections are now scheduled for 18th June and it looks like there will be plenty more in the weeks after that date.

Maybe the Labour NEC had a point in thinking they would lose a mayoral by-election.

All those southern journalists who find themselves sent up to Makerfield are going to be very confused when they ask where the posh bit of the seat is, get directed to Orrell and find no Gail's there.

and the 12 points from the Teale jury go to ... Australia! 🇦🇺

I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.

TOO MUCH BLOODY NEWS

This was sent out to Andrew's Previews' subscribers this morning (yesterday for paid subscribers). And there was me thinking that the analysis might have gone stale.

ffs

BBS Open Letter on Improving Scottish Parliament Results Reporting An open letter from Ballot Box Scotland urging significant improvements to reporting on Scottish Parliament elections; or, why does a hobbyist publish more data on the regional vote than the BBC?

In place of the normal Andrew's Previews this week, our review of everything that went on in the May 2026 local election results is now available for free subscribers: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/reviewing-...

Well, quite. I used to administer child support, and the legislation there makes (and has always made) provision for polygamous marriages. I never had a case where those provisions actually applied.

There are no ordinary Previews this week, so I have prepared a debrief piece on last week's local elections instead. Andrew's Reviews are now available for paid subscribers at andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/reviewing-...

This week in 1812 Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. Its the least interesting thing about him. Working with hedonistic lawyer James Stephen, the devout Christian engineered one of the first slavery bans in British territory WITHOUT Parliament's approval. /1

Charleroi

No ordinary Previews this week, but I am writing a debrief piece which will be out soon. Doing a research trip today

Local Elections Archive Project: Wakefield 2026 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1lv2

Local Elections Archive Project: Wakefield 2024 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1jv2

Local Elections Archive Project: Wakefield 2023 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1hv2

Local Elections Archive Project: Hampshire CC 2026 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1lzn

The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state:

All 20 standalone by-election results are now in and available at andrewteale.me.uk/1ljg Seat totals: LD 8 -3 C 6 n/c RUK 5 +3 Grn 2 +1 Great Yarmouth First 1 +1 Lab 0 -2

Reigate and Banstead have got round to putting their by-election result up: REIGATE AND BANSTEAD, Earlswood and Whitebushes - Grn hold Grn 1587 RUK 715 C 514 LD 246 Lab 223

Warlingham was a RUK gain from C. Earlswood/Whitebushes has been reported as a Grn hold but I cannot find the full result anywhere. Reigate and Banstead's council website is useless. Can anybody help?

Political nerds, I made a thing! How well do you know the UK electoral map? Could you find ten constituencies, picked at random? Test yourself! play.jmoxley.co.uk

There are just 12 Conservative wards on that map, which is (I think) the same number that they won in Greater Manchester in the catastrophe of 1995. It was pretty much the same 12 wards as well.

Maybe the Labour NEC had a point in thinking they would lose a mayoral by-election.

We have some immediate by-elections arising from the London results. The new Hackney Mayor Zoë Garbett was also re-elected as a councillor in Dalston, so that seat has been vacated. Meanwhile in Camden, one of the new Grn cllrs for Regent's Park is disqualified due to working for the council.

SURREY CC, Warlingham - RUK gain from C RUK 1597 C 1446 LD 1178 Grn 329 Ind 308 Lab 171

With 2 of yesterday's 20 standalone by-election results still to come, scores on the doors are LD 8 (-3) C 6 (+1) RUK 4 (+2) Great Yarmouth First 1 (+1) Grn 1 (+1) Lab 0 (-2) The remaining two seats are Surrey CC, Warlingham (C) and Reigate/Banstead, Earlswood/Whitebushes (Grn)

GUILDFORD, Onslow - LD hold LD 1145 Grn 563 C 281 RUK 242 Lab 86

WEST SUFFOLK, Abbeygate - Grn gain from C Grn 631 RUK 367 C 335 Ind 240 Lab 201 LD 75

ROTHER, Rye and Winchelsea - RUK gain from Lab RUK 531 Grn 500 Lab 402 C 368 LD 146

POWYS, Llandrindod South - LD hold LD 506 RUK 431 PC 185 C 179 Grn 174 Moore 64 Smith 44

MID SUSSEX, Hurstpierpoint - LD hold LD 1211 C 544 RUK 414 Grn 319

LEWES, Newhaven South - LD hold 2 LD 1105/1059 RUK 550/474 Grn 261/232 C 151/108 Lab 102

HORSHAM, Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham - C gain from LD C 773 LD 757 RUK 662 Grn 248

GREAT YARMOUTH, Caister South - Great Yarmouth First gain from C Great Yarmouth First 866 RUK 405 C 214 Grn 139 Lab 116 LD 39

GLOUCESTERSHIRE CC, St Mark's and St Peter's - LD hold LD 1607 RUK 822 Grn 735 C 345

Bury

BURY, St Mary's - Lab hold Lab 1884 RUK 998 Grn 838 C 415 This third: Lab 7 (-1) RUK 5 (+3) Radcliffe First 2 Workers 1 (+1) Ind 1 Together for Bury 0 (-1) C 0 (-2) New council: Lab 30 Radcliffe First 7 RUK 6 C 3 Together for Bury 2 Ind 1 Workers 1 Vacant 1