So How Bad Were They for the Conservatives? The 2022 Local Elections

Abstract

POLITICAL INSIGHT • JUNE 2022 T he annual round of English local elections at the beginning of May each year is always the subject of considerable interest. Polls may act as a barometer of public opinion, but real votes in real ballot boxes provide a vivid political picture that no set of dry polling statistics can match. This year’s contests were greeted with particular anticipation because they took place when the polls said for the first time since the 2019 election that the Conservatives were behind Labour in So How Bad Were They for the Conservatives? The 2022 Local Elections