{"id":8137,"date":"2018-05-05T20:18:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T19:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2018-05-05T20:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T19:18:24","slug":"ukip-wiped-out-in-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/ukip-wiped-out-in-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"UKIP wiped out in local elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4138\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/UKIP.jpg\" alt=\"UKIP\" width=\"268\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/UKIP.jpg 407w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/UKIP-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/>Britain\u2019s populist UK Independence Party (UKIP), which played a major role in the runup to the 2016 Brexit referendum, suffered an almost total wipeout in Thursday\u2019s local elections in England.<br \/>\nThe UKIP lost 92 seats in local councils, after a steady hemorrhaging of support since the Brexit referendum, holding onto only 2 seats with results coming from 99 of the total 150 councils up for grabs in local elections.<br \/>\nThe Euroskeptic UKIP made Turkey\u2019s EU membership bid the centerpiece of their pro-Leave Brexit campaign.<br \/>\nAn ad styled as a \u201cnews report\u201d featuring scenes from Turkey had claimed the U.K. would have to take in 15 million Muslim refugees if Turkey joined the EU.<br \/>\nThe ruling Conservative Party seems to have benefitted from shifting UKIP votes to win in a few councils and managed to hold onto central London councils, Wandsworth and Westminster, two main Labour targets in the election.<br \/>\nLabour also failed to take Barnet council, losing it to the Tories. Local political commentators have linked the loss in Barnet to recent anti-Semitism allegations in the Labour Party.<br \/>\nThe Labour Party, however, managed to win Plymouth from the Tories.<br \/>\nThe pro-EU party Liberal Democrats managed to increase its votes and won 40 extra council seats so far.<br \/>\nIn 99 results out of 150, Labour won 1,467 council seats, the Conservative Party secured 881 seats, and the Lib Dems captured 326.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/ukip-wiped-out-in-local-elections\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s populist UK Independence Party (UKIP), which played a major role in the runup to the 2016 Brexit referendum, suffered an almost total wipeout in Thursday\u2019s local elections in England. 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