No. Labour have gained 220 councillors so far in England

UKIP gained 136
Tories down 178
Lib Dems down 209

but question is whether that's enough for Labour, if they hope to win General Election next year.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on May 23rd 2014 at 15:47:23

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Lovely Old Great Yarmouth (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 23, 15:22:09
- yes and some of us are not happy about it (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 23, 16:45:47
- Aparently they got loads of votes in Sunderland, which seems odd considering that (General Chat) - CB41, May 23, 15:48:26
  - as UKIP have admitted they tend not to do well with young, cultured or educated people (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 23, 15:53:14
- am i right in thinking labour have been hot the most nationally during these polls? (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 23, 15:30:38
  - "hit" not "hot" (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 23, 15:30:56
    - No. Labour have gained 220 councillors so far in England (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 23, 15:47:23
      - Does anyone know what happens if the Scots vote for independence?? (General Chat) - Old Git, May 23, 16:00:42
        
        Alec Salmonds fat smug face may actually explode (n/m) (General Chat) - Meh, May 23, 16:17:28
        
        Yes (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 23, 16:08:38
        
        Gosh, really (General Chat) - Old Git, May 23, 16:12:18
        
        I'll dig out the chart again, if I can find it, but when you look at post-war general (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 23, 16:07:38
        
        Hare few lut (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 23, 16:08:47
        
        Obvs not the full story, because majorities might be slimmer (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 23, 16:15:07
        
        But everything pre 79 is irrelevant (General Chat) - Old Git, May 23, 16:22:30
        
        Possibly too small a sample set to be sure, but it wouldn't have made a difference (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 23, 16:28:04
        
        Yes, those were the Blair landslide years (General Chat) - Old Git, May 23, 16:30:45
        
        Cor, and in 1992, Major would have had a majority of 71 not 21, per BBC (General Chat) - Old Git, May 23, 16:34:26
      - .......... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 23, 15:47:39
- Check out the candidates (General Chat) - norway, May 23, 15:28:15
  - proper lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, May 23, 15:34:27
  - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 23, 15:30:20
- UKIP have saved money already by booting out the Mayor (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, May 23, 15:24:25

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