Labour’s local election drubbing

June 5, 2009 9:32 am by Jim Pickard

It’s easy to miss the depth of Labour’s local election defeat amid the excitment of James Purnell’s resignation and the reshuffle.

But Rob Hayward, psephological expert, points out:

“Labour’s attrition rate (losses v holds) is stupendous. Off a very small sample, they have lost 8 of 10 seats in Bristol, all (I think) in Cannock and Tamworth, all 3 in Harlow, 15 (or 17 depending on how you do the figures) in Linconshire, the only seats so far declared in Hants and the one in Surrey.”

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