"party in that election. The Best Party's Managing Director Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir is also the chairwoman of Bright Future. The party's first endeavor in politics was to present a list of candidates for the local election in Reykjavík in 2010. Its platform included free towels in all city swimming pools, a polar bear for the city zoo, a Disneyland at Vatnsmýri park, and a drug-free national parliament (Althing) by 2020. The party won six of the 15 seats on the Reykjavík City Council. and governs the city alongside the Social Democratic Alliance as the senior coalition partner. Best Party The"
"2010 Icelandic municipal elections The Icelandic municipal elections of 2010 were held on 29 May in that year to elect the municipal councils of Iceland. A new political party called The Best Party (Besti flokkurinn) won the most seats on the council, defeating the established parties. The Best Party led in the polls in the run up to the election with one survey showing they could win a majority on their own. Among the policies in the party's ""best manifesto"" were plans for a polar bear for the city's zoo, a Disneyland at Reykjavík Airport, palm trees on the waterfront"
"and free towels at swimming pools. However the leader of the Best Party, comedian Jón Gnarr, said that his party, which had only been founded in November 2009, was serious and his campaign manager said they wanted ""to take a stand against a system that is completely ruined"". Political analysts saw the strong support for the Best Party being due to the economic crisis that had taken place since 2008, which had led voters to lose confidence in the traditional political parties. Meanwhile, other politicians called on voters to get serious and avoid putting the city in the ""hands of"
"2008 when the fourth majority of the term was formed, when the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance formed a majority, with Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir becoming mayor. The City Council election in May 2010 saw a new political party, The Best Party, win six of 15 seats and they formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Alliance with comedian Jón Gnarr becoming mayor. At the 2014 election, the Social Democratic Alliance had its best showing yet gaining five seats in the council, while Bright future (successor to the Best Party) received two seats and the two parties formed a"
"had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. The elections saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council, though with their majority reduced from 24 seats to five. The largest opposition party continued to be the Liberal Democrats, despite a net loss of seven seats. Having been reduced to just one seat in the previous election, the Labour Party gained three more seats including two which had been lost in 2009."
"other people who had no background in politics, including Einar. The Best Party, which is a satirical political party that parodies Icelandic politics and aims to make the life of the citizens more fun, managed a plurality in the 2010 municipal elections in Reykjavík, with the party gaining six out of 15 seats on the Reykjavík City Council (34.7 percent of the vote). Einar, who was second on the party's list behind Jón, won one of the seats on the city council. Jón ended up defeating the centre-right Independence Party-led municipal government of Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, which came as ""a"
"Best Party The Best Party () was an Icelandic political party founded by Jón Gnarr on 16 November 2009. The party ran in the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% of the vote, defeating the Independence Party which received 33.6%. It was a member of the International Pirate Party, but not associated with Pirate Party Iceland. Jón Gnarr announced that the party was to be dissolved after he stepped down as mayor after the upcoming local elections in May 2014. Many of the Best Party's members have joined Bright"
"the last local election in 2008. • ""italics"" denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate 2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections. The council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives becoming the largest single party, and resulted in a new Lib-Con coalition. After the election, the composition of the council was: Overall result compared with 2008. Prior to the election the"
"achieving its best result ever with 20.7% and 55 mayors. The main political forces involved in the election were: ! rowspan=""2"" colspan=2 style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=left|Parties ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|Votes ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|% ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|Candidacies ! colspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=""center""|Councillors ! colspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=""center""|Mayors ! align=""center""|# ! align=""center""|± ! align=""center""|# ! align=""center""|± ! rowspan=""2"" colspan=2 style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=left|Parties ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|Votes ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|% ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|Candidacies ! colspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=""center""|Mandates ! align=""center""|# ! align=""center""|± ! rowspan=""2"" colspan=2 style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=left|Parties ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|Votes ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|% ! rowspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=right|Candidacies ! colspan=""2"" style=""background-color:#E9E9E9"" align=""center""|Mandates ! colspan=""2"""
"the party's primaries and became candidate for Mayor. Bosák stated that he wants to thank pirates for his chance and that he wants to introduce his vision for the city to its citizens. Bosák isn't a member of the party. The first opinion poll was published on 24 April 2018. Seven parties would be elected to assembly. ANO 2011 would receive 24% of votes and while the Civic Democratic Party would receive 12.7% of votes. The Pirate party would come third with 10%. The Social Democratic Party would be fourth with 9.6%. TOP 09 and The Communist Party would both"
"Democrats, the second largest party, were in opposition. There were no other councillors. After local elections in 2010 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley continued to be governed by the Labour Party, the largest party represented on the council, who increased their total number of seats by 5 to 53. The Liberal Democrats, the second largest party represented on the council, continued to be in opposition losing 5 seats to the governing Labour Party to decrease their total number of seats to 10. After local elections in 2011 the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley continued to be governed by the Labour Party,"
"choose ""order and progress"" under themselves rather than the chaos they said the Liberal Democrats had brought while they were in office. They hoped to expand their pilot programme of free school meals for all children to all schools within the city. The Liberal Democrats however wanted to abolish the programme and pledged to establish crime prevention funds for neighbourhoods, free off-peak bus travel for pensioners and expand recycling. The Liberal Democrats also pledged to keep council tax increases to the same level as rises in earnings for the 2 years after the election. 20 of the 59 seats on"
"was: <br> <br> The Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour Party and Green Party all stood a full slate of 20 candidates. UKIP stood 15 candidates and 3 independents (including a candidate with the description 'Patriotic Socialist Party') stood for election. With 30 seats required for a dead-heat majority (of 0), no single grouping of councillors remained in overall control of policy decision-making. Conservatives fell 3 short this time whereas at the last election a five-becoming-six seat deficit existed during the four-year term for the largest grouping which had been the Liberal Democrats. ""Changes in vote share are compared to the 2011"
"first time at the 2010 general election, ending 13 years of representation by the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats amassed their largest share of the vote since the seat's creation in 1997. In the 2011 local elections the Conservatives made further progress, winning 3 seats from Labour and one from the Independents. The Conservatives now have 15 councillors, compared to 5 for Labour (2 gains from the Liberal Dems) and one Independent. The Conservatives also increased their share of vote compared to 2007. In the 2015 General Election, the Conservatives received their highest vote ever in the constituency, with Labour"
"2007. In May 2010, the Labour Party, led by Joe Anderson, gained control of the council for the first time in 12 years. In May 2011, Labour increased their majority on the Council making 11 gains. At the May 2012 elections, Labour won 27 seats and the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Liberals 1 each. This made the composition of the Council 72 Labour (after one Councillor became an independent), 9 Liberal Democrat (after a defection to the Labour party), 3 Liberal, 2 green and 2 independents. In the May 2014 elections, the Labour party won 27 seats, the Green"
"of the opposition. After the local elections in 2010 the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral was governed by a Conservative Party/Liberal Democrat coalition, which reflected the coalition at national level. The Conservative Party, continuing to be the largest party represented on the council increased its number of seats by 2 to 27 and has now entered into coalition government with the Liberal Democrats as the leading coalition partner with the leader of the Conservatives, Cllr Jeff Green, becoming the new leader of the council. The Labour Party increased its representation on the council by 4 to 24 and remained the second"
"married (national average 12.2% and 50.2% respectively). In the municipal election of 2007 all borough councils became elective, until then most had been appointed by the city council. Labour and the Conservatives each gained 4 seats, the Socialist Left have 3, the Liberals 2, the Progress Party and the Red Electoral Alliance 1 each. The municipal election of 2011 changed the composition of the council. The Conservative Party became the biggest, winning 5 seats, while Labour kept its 4, the Liberal Party its 2, and the Red Party its 1 seat. The Socialist Left and the Progress Party lost one"
"in the election included litter, the introduction of palm trees on the seafront and a recent 10.3% increase in council tax. The results saw the Liberal Democrats make 3 gains from the Conservatives to take control. They gained all three of the seats they had been targeting in Castle, Gaisford and Selden wards. The Conservatives put their defeat down to a proposed Asda at Worthing College and on the recent increase in council tax which they blamed on the national government. The Liberal Democrats pledged to work for a ""clean and safe Worthing"". Following the election the Conservative mayor-elect, John"
"2010 general election with a seat being contested in all 20 wards of the council. The Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and Green parties stood for all of the seats, while there were 2 candidates from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 from the British National Party (BNP), making this the first time the BNP had stood for the council. Key wards were seen as being Batchwood, London Colney and Sopwell, with the Labour group leader Roma Mills defending Batchwood. The Liberal Democrats defended their record in control of the council, pointing to no increase in council tax for the"
"should be awarded the mayorship of the capital of the parish. In the case that no independent or third party candidates were elected, the mayorship will be dependent on which party received the higher popular vote in the parish. With local government elections constitutionally due every three years, these elections were due on 5 December 2010. The elections were delayed several times before finally being called by the newly elected PNP government. These elections followed the 2011 general elections in which the PNP was returned to governance. The People's National Party secured a landslide victory by winning 151 divisions to"
"regained almost all seats on the council, with the only opposition being a single Green. 2010 Council:<br> Labour 40*; Liberal Democrats 12; Green 1; Conservative 2 2006 Council:<br> Labour 27*; Liberal Democrats 17; Green 6; Conservative 3; Socialist 2 2002 Council:<br> Labour 46*; Liberal Democrats 4; Conservative 2; Socialist 1; Green 1; Local Education Action for Parents (LEAP) 1 ""*including Elected Mayor"" 17 March 2005 - Forest Hill (Lib Dem)<br> 17 March 2005 - Lee Green (Lib Dem)<br> 10 June 2004 - Evelyn (Labour)<br> 10 June 2004 - Lee Green (Labour)<br> 4 December 2003 - Telegraph Hill (Socialist)<br> 23 October"
"performing authority in both 2004 and 2005, but in 2006 was rated as a two star 'improving adequate' council and in 2007 it retained its two stars with an 'improving well' status. In the 2008 corporate performance assessment the city retained its ""improving well"" status but was upgraded to a three star rating. The Liberal Democrats won overall control of the City Council in the 2007 local elections, ending several years in which no single party had a majority. They retained control in the 2008 local elections by an increased majority and in the 2010 local elections. Following the UK's"
"vying for office. Real estate agent John Featherman filed in June 2010 to become eligible for the election so that he could fight against increasing taxes and to create a more ""business-friendly climate"" in the city. In March 2011, former Democrat Karen Brown announced her bid to run as a Republican in the upcoming mayoral election. Though she had numerous ties to the city Democratic party, she won the backing of the city Republican party at an event in late March. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2011. The general election was held on November 8, 2011. With all"
"2 December 2010, and former Health Minister Daniel Andrews was elected Labor leader on 3 December. Legislative Council Seats Table In the 40-member upper house where all members are up for re-election every term, the Coalition won a majority of 21 seats, with 16 seats won by Labor and 3 won by the Greens. Terms are fixed at four years. Elections occur in line with the fixed term provisions laid out in the ""Electoral Act 2002"". Key dates for the election were: Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in ""The Australian"" is performed via random telephone number selection in city"
"1976. In 2008, after 34 years of Labour Party control, the ruling Labour council lost to the Conservative Party, who gained the four seats needed to gain control; the BNP also gained two seats on the new council (their first ever seats in the borough), but lost one seat to the Labour Party in a by-election held in December 2009. The Labour Party won two seats from the Conservative Party in the 2010 local elections, leaving the council under no overall control, but led by the Labour group (as the largest party). The 2012 local election saw Labour regain majority"
"and one Liberal Democrat who were elected on 6 May 2010 when the General Election and London Borough elections took place on the same day. Across Lewisham, Labour gained heavily from the other parties, taking the council from no overall control to a Labour majority of 24 seats. The Liberal Democrats lost a net of five seats, Crofton Park ward being the party’s only gain from Labour anywhere in London. This change was put down to the rapid gentrification of the local area. The recently (2007-8) rebuilt Crofton School - now renamed Prendergast Ladywell Fields College - is the main"
"own political party called A Better Future Party in 2005. A Better Future Party ran a full slate of candidates in the 2005 General Election. Although the party took the minority positions on the City Council and Board of Education, Borer lost to Picard by 73 votes. In 2007, Mayor Picard was re-elected after being challenged by A Better Future candidate Dorinda Borer, wife of former Mayor H. Richard Borer, Jr. At the Democratic Party nominating convention, Picard shocked the crowd after he announced that he would not run for re-election. Within days he changed his mind and accepted the"
"the end of 2006 and, joined by one of the Liberal Democrat members formed an independent group, which is the minority party in opposition. At the elections of May 2007, the Labour Party continued their decline. Labour lost three seats to the Conservatives, whilst former Labour Mayor Mrs Julianna Heron lost to an independent: the same person who had defeated her husband in 2003 and who was in turn defeated by him in 2004. The Conservative party made further significant gains in the 2008 election, gaining five additional seats and strengthening their support in others. The election in 2010, held"
"governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election. The Labour Party were the only other party fielding a full slate of 38 candidates, the first time since the election four council terms ago. Five independent candidates stood, two of whom were successfully returned. Local Liberal Democrats taking in 16 candidates had one councillor before the election, who was returned (re-elected) and made no gains. In groups or individuals not seeing any councillors returned in this election UKIP fielded their first candidates since 2007, standing in 14 seats. The Green Party stood one candidate in the"
"have an electoral pact for the 2010 election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the Slough Council election, 2001. The Slough Party and a number of Independents, not affiliated with any of the three existing council groups, are also contesting the 2010 election. At the time of the 2008 election there were twenty councillors each supporting the joint administration and the Labour opposition, with one vacancy. After the election count Labour secured four net gains, to give the party a 23:18 margin and a majority of five for the start of the 2008-2009 municipal year. Shortly after the 2008 election,"
"members are elected from a specific ward within the city, and an additional six members are elected by the city at-large. General Elections for Mayor, City Council and other city officers take place in May every four years (Primary Elections are held in March). The most recent election was in May 2015. As of the census of 2010, there were 51,400 people, 23,453 households, and 12,587 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 26,205 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 78.4% White, 15.5% African American, 0.2%"
"Social Democratic Party. His first term was from 1993 to 2005 when he was defeated by Jan Boye, a Conservative. He was re-elected in the 2009 election, forming a coalition with the Red–Green Alliance, the Socialist People's Party and the Social Democrats. The city council's motto is ""At lege er at leve"" (Playing is living) summarising a new approach addressing learning, innovation, development and growth with targets for 2017. Boye and his administration have been criticised for mismanaging the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen in 2005, above all for allegedly signing a contract with Tina Turner"
"the previous year), the Conservative Party in 2010, and UKIP, going one better than their by-election showing, in 2015. In May 2010, the Conservatives gained their largest percentage vote increase in the country in Hartlepool taking the Labour majority to just over 5,500, whilst in 2015, UKIP recorded their eleventh-highest vote share in the United Kingdom, taking 28% and reducing the Labour majority to just over 3,000 votes. Both the 2010 and 2015 general elections (in addition to several local elections) took place against the backdrop of concerns regarding the potential closure of Hartlepool and Stockton hospitals and their replacement"