Yorkshire and the Humber 2018 Local Elections: Labour's Anaemic Gains and Lib Dem Fightback
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Summary
Analysis of the 2018 local elections in Yorkshire and the Humber, set against the backdrop of the 2017 general election shock where Theresa May lost the Conservative majority. The article examines Labour's failure to make significant gains despite hopes of building on their 2017 momentum, the Liberal Democrats' limited fightback in Sheffield and Hull, and UKIP's near-total collapse in the region.
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bskyYorkshire and the Humber 2018 Local Elections: Labour's Anaemic Gains and Lib Dem Fightbackdeviantart.comKey quotes
· 5 pulledthe 2018 local elections were the first to be held since the shock result of the 2017 general election
May's governing authority would deteriorate over the next two years as she repeatedly failed to pass a Brexit deal amid hostility from her own party
Labour supporters hoped to build on their gains in 2017 with a strong local election performance. In the event, this largely failed to materialise
Labour making only anaemic gains against the Conservatives and these were almost matched by those of the Liberal Democrats
the Lib Dems achieved a limited fightback, rebuilding strongholds in Sheffield and Hull as well as making more unusual gains such as in the Penistone area of Barnsley
Yorkshire and the Humber Local Elections 2018 — artwork by AJRElectionMaps on DeviantArt. The 2018 local elections were the first to be held since the shock result of the 2017 general election, in which far from crushing Jeremy Corbyn's 'unelectable' fart
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