Lots of results to come in the May 2025 local elections, but regardless of how they do one thing will be true: that a huge number of people deserve sincere thanks for the work they have put into the Liberal Democrat campaigns:
While we are waiting for the results, a reminder that you can find the public predictions made by different experts for the elections here.
Ed Davey’s statement to the press when the polls closed is pretty upbeat:
We are expecting to see big gains against the Conservatives in their former Middle England heartlands.
Last year the Liberal Democrats won a record number of MPs and became the largest third party in 100 years. Now we are on course for our seventh year of local election gains, making this our best ever winning streak.
Voters have delivered their verdict on a Conservative Party that broke the country and a Labour government that is too timid to fix it.
Every Liberal Democrat councillor elected will be a strong local champion fighting tirelessly to deliver the change that people are crying out for.
The TV coverage, alas, has not got off to a great start:
In happier news:
More to come; do check back as the results come.
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