Changing the Landscape ; Chief Reporter Paul Dale Looks Ahead to This Year's Local Council Elections and Whether the Results Could Change the Political Landscape in Birmingham
Birmingham Post › January 16, 2006
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The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition which has been running Birmingham since June 2004 is almost certain to be returned to power after this year's city council elections.
Because of the limitations of the electoral system, with only one- third of the 120 seats to be contested, it would be unrealistic for the Labour opposition group to make up enough ground in one leap to seize the 15 additional seats needed for a slender majority in the council chamber.See the full content of this document
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Changing the Landscape ; Chief Reporter Paul Dale Looks Ahead to This Year's Local Council Elections and Whether the Results Could Change the Political Landscape in Birmingham
Any thoughts that Sir Albert Bore, the Labour leader, may have of picking up the 17 or 18 seats required for a comfortable majority can be dismissed.
The way that the battleground pans out this time around presents the ...See the full content of this document
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