Monday, 9 May 2011

Northern Ireland Local Elections : Day 1

Yes, Election 2011 isn't over just yet. At 9.00am this morning, counting started in the 28 council areas that make up Northern Ireland and so far we have had two councils complete their counts.

Antrim: DUP 5 (-1) UUP 5 (n/c) SF 4 (+1) SDLP 3 (n/c) All 2 (n/c) NOC (n/c)
Moyle: Ind 4 (+1) UUP 3 (n/c) SF 3 (-1) DUP 2 (n/c) SDLP 2 (-1) TUV 1 (+1) NOC (n/c)
Totals: UUP 8 (n/c) DUP 7 (-1) TUV 1 (+1) All 2 (n/c) Ind 4 (+1) SDLP 5 (-1) SF 7 (n/c)

Over the course of tomorrow, the remaining 26 councils should formally declare, but already there is a pattern emerging of both the UUP and the SDLP doing much worse than would have been expected (and just like Iain Gray, Tavish Scott and Annabel Goldie) it appears that the knives are out for both Tom Elliott (leader of the UUP) and Margaret Richie MP (leader of the SDLP).

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