The Conservatives will remain in control of MALVERN Hills District Council. Previously, they had 26 seats and the Lib Dems had 6. Now they have 21 seats, the Lib Dems have increased to 11, with 4 Independents and 2 Greens.
The voter turnout averaged across the District was 47.5 per cent.
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Were me meant to vore more than once?
You could vote for up to 2 out of the three names on the ballot paper for the District Council and 11 out of 12 on the Town Council.
From the number of votes cast, few people made use of all their votes.
Extraordinary! Why have the Lib Dems gained seats and the Tories lost them in MHDC - almost the exact oposite of every other council?
Because residents are not happy with the Council?
On the whole I think it's a pretty good council . . . is there another reason?
Perhaps in many areas LD swings to Lab, & Con swings to LD. In Malvern, there is no Lab, so LD can't swing, so either vote as usual or abstain. Any Con voter wanting to send a message, might vote LD, therefore increasing the overall number of LD votes. Interesting to see what has happened in other areas with no Lab candidates.
The swing (nationally) was LD to Con.
Clegg said it was their worst election for 20 years. In other places where it was Con v LD the Cons took more seats. For example LD held Lewes since 1991 but the Tories now hold 22 of the 41 seats and LD have 18.
Conservatives gained four seats, Lib Dems lost three.
An Independent councillor also lost a seat.
Malvern Hills seems to have been the only district council in England where the tories did so badly. Has to be down to what people think of them.
Perhaps you're right . . . but I can't think why people should think (exceptionally) so badly of this particular council.
Perhaps because it's not very good?
MHDC can't be unique! In what ways is it so exceptionally different or "not very good".
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