It’s about seats not votes

@JamesMarshcz3o @jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects That’s what you think will happen in the law of self fulfilling prophecies. Keep saying something long enough and loud enough in the uk and it’ll happen. People & media are like sheep. Very predictable

@SeatsNotVotes @jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects Correct in the short term because the seats are going to reform and green. Lib Dem’s aren’t making any significant gains or losses. But as time progresses and greens and reform gain more seats Lib Dem’s will go back to 3rd place.

‼️NEW | Projected result for local elections: ➡️ Ref: 1,689 (+1,689) 🟢 Grn: 1,087 (+926) 🔵 Con: 754 (-608) 🟠 Lib: 741 (+57) 🔴 Lab: 616 (-1,941) (Source: @BritainElects)

@JamesMarshcz3o @jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects You’re clearly very anti LibDem - hence calling them an irrelevance. I’m not denying my interest in the LibDems and other progressive parties. Not sure quite what we’re arguing about here accept doing the usual thing on social media. Wasting each others time living

@SeatsNotVotes @jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects You’re clearly extremely biased and want Lib Dem’s to do well. They may well be the largest party for a few months or even a year until more elections take place. But given their gains it’s almost certain they won’t be the largest local party at the time of the next GE

@jimbocrofts @JamesMarshcz3o @LeftieStats @BritainElects And what do you know that no one else does? It’ll only be scuppered by green hype.

@SeatsNotVotes @JamesMarshcz3o @LeftieStats @BritainElects Unlikely.

@JamesMarshcz3o @jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects The LibDems are likely to become the second largest party of LG.

@SeatsNotVotes @jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects The full picture is that the greens and reform are gaining the majority of seats and if the trend continues will be the 2 largest parties in local seats. The Lib Dem’s are an irrelevance

@JoshHousden And where would that leave the parties in total councillors each after May 8th? . Who would be the biggest parties of LG ? Not who made the most gains!

I'll stick my neck out and make a personal prediction for May 7 ➡️ RFM +1600 🟩 GRN +600 🟧 LDM +200 🟦 CON -700 🟥 LAB -1600

Could @LibDems become 2nd party of Local Gvmt next week? Well not if the electorate let @TheGreenParty hype get in the way. @ZackPolanski not the challenger everywhere! theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

@19AVFC92 @LeftieStats @BritainElects What’s obsession with ‘news’ not everything is about ‘news’. more interested in people being fully informed of the big picture. They may become the second biggest party of local gvmt (see article) but regardless of ‘news’ (not a science btw) a broad knowledge is better than spin

@SeatsNotVotes @LeftieStats @BritainElects They’ve always been bigger than both of those parties combined so it wouldn’t be news them staying in front (for now) that could change next year

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects You can’t cope with a nuanced non binary view of the world I see. Never mind!

@SeatsNotVotes @LeftieStats @BritainElects That is the perspective. Gains and losses.

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects I’m not everyone else. Get over it

@SeatsNotVotes @LeftieStats @BritainElects Everyone else cares about the story.

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects You can repeat over and over again what the story is. Perspective is really important and we never get it. It’s time to give more information so people are better informed not spin.

@SeatsNotVotes @LeftieStats @BritainElects But the story is the swing, the change. If it’s repeated next year and the year after, they will have more councils.

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects I don’t care about ‘the story’ I care about perspective and our electorate never gets the full picture. Get the full picture and they can decide for themselves what matters

@SeatsNotVotes @LeftieStats @BritainElects The story is the swing. Not that the Lib Dem’s didn’t lose any.

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects I don’t care what the so called story is, I care the public gets perspective and isn’t misled in to thinking something is bigger than it is. Fact is reform and greens will not have control of as many councils as the LibDems Tories or Labour even after the resulted on May 7/8th

@SeatsNotVotes @LeftieStats @BritainElects What’s a bigger story, gaining 250 or 1,500? What a bigger story, gaining 250 or losing 2,000?

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects AND in terms of councils they’ll be way ahead of reform and the greens. The impression will be reform and greens now dominate with even if these numbers come true will not be the case. Onwards will go the reform propaganda machine in our media

@jimbocrofts @LeftieStats @BritainElects Nonsense. Predictions elsewhere show them gaining 250 & the Tories losing more. The perspective is inportant. The narrative will be reform & grains do well & looking at seat gains it’ll look like they’re huge across the country when actually they are still behind Lab/con/lib

@LeftieStats @BritainElects Chances are LibDems will get more gains BUT even with this, they are bigger than reform and the greens. A fact that will be totally ignored in any narrative of the results … I bet I’m right

@SeatsNotVotes @BritainElects No, the totals after would be: 🔴 Lab: 3,910 (-1,941) 🔵 Con: 3,588 (-608) 🟠 Lib: 3,252 (+57) ➡️ Ref: 2,675 (+1,689) 🟢 Grn: 1,869 (+926) ⚪️ Oth: 3,407 (-67)

@LeftieStats @BritainElects This does not mean reform and greens will have the most seats across the country. Let’s see the overall figures for context. Labour will still be biggest party of LG followed by LibDems

#May7th Remember FPTP is about seats. So in the council elections piling up lots of votes for one party does not mean victory. @TheGreenParty can only win some seats, in others it’s the @libdems that can win. Voting green in many seats will lead to @reformparty_uk landslide.