Elsewhere in Surrey, the Lib Dems also have a majority on Mole Valley council which is all-up this year with radical new ward boundaries; theres nothing in that councils recent results to suggest that a Conservative fightback is on. However, Teale has managed to keep his personal life private. Bennett was re-elected to the county council in 2021 with 54% of the vote, and a close four-way race for second place was won by independent candidate Norman Mockford on 13% ahead of the Lib Dems on 12%. Confused? Hate beetroot, coconut and mustard. Following the 2019 elections this was Labour, who won 20 seats against 19 Greens, 14 Conservatives and an independent; however, the Labour group subsequently split, and the Greens have taken over the leadership. The Conservatives are also defending a poor local election performance from that year: most of the low-hanging fruit for their opponents has already gone, and that fact alone should temper expectations for further large losses of Conservative councillors. His nationality is British. However, they need five gains for a majority. Rural Essex has not been a happy hunting ground for Conservatives of late. The late Conservative councillor Beatrice Beaty Bainbridge, who was the Durham council chair when she passed away earlier this year, was a political veteran although her continuous service only dated from 2017; in 2021 she polled 42% of the vote against 31% for Labour and 23% for the Greens. Teale was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England to his parents. Labour should reasonably expect to gain an overall majority here. In councils which elect by thirds, the usual trick employed by this column is to compare the 2019 and 2022 results to judge the potential for seat and council control changes. The programme's newer (generic) 'look', in line with most other BBC regional TV news programmes, was introduced on 16 September 2002, with an update on 6 September 2004. Interestingly the Conservative group has split here, and the Conservative splinter group is now running the council in coalition with most of the other parties. Elsewhere in Lancashire, there are secure Labour majorities in Blackburn with Darwen, Chorley and Preston. Matt Teale, known as Matthew James Teale, was born on 7 March 1975 in Worcestershire, United Kingdom. Most of the independent councillors are Labour defectors: the Liverpool Labour group is clearly not a happy place to be right now, and the party has put in a number of indifferent by-election performances in wards in the north of the city over the last two years. She has been a presenter for BBC East Midlands Today and a news correspondent for Central Television. Awford was re-elected for his final term in 2021 with 66% of the vote, and a close three-way race for the runner-up spot was won by the Greens on 12%. That happened in the 2019 election, which returned 24 Labour councillors, 18 Conservatives and two independents. In 2019 the Conservatives won half of the seats here, 18 against 11 Lib Dems, 2 Greens, 2 Labour, 2 Local Alliance and an independent. I said above that there are no elections this year in the Wiltshire council area, but that doesnt cover Swindon. Sarah Teale has a few months experience as Senior Broadcast Journalist/Presenter BBC East Midlands Today. Sarah Teale Production Manager at Page & Bloom London, England, United Kingdom 199 followers 197 connections Join to view profile Page & Bloom The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Report. The BBCs projected national share of the vote placed the Conservatives and Labour on just 28% each, with the Liberal Democrats on 19% and a combined 25% share for the Greens, UKIP, independent candidates and localists. Midlands Centre Awards nominees announced | Royal Television Society Register for your account and get started with our industry leading people contacts search engine. Splits in the Conservative and Labour groups mean that there is now a majority of independent councillors although they are not a united bloc, and one of the independent groups is running the show in coalition with the Greens. There used to be quite a few thirds district councils which had predominantly single-member or two-member wards, meaning that the selection of wards up for election could vary dramatically from year to year. This column has never given the full treatment to Portsmouth, which is rather more politically diverse than that other port city up the coast. 2. Initially a Conservative minority administration was formed; this was then deposed and replaced by a Labour minority administration, which itself fell in 2021 after the Conservatives made by-election gains and formed another minority administration. Sarah Teale worked as a reporter/presenter at ITV before working at BBC East Midlands Today for 13 years . The 2019 map shows a UKIP seat here in Hapton with Park ward: that councillor subsequently joined the Conservative group which has essentially been taken over by the former Burrnley UKIP branch, then went independent and eventually resigned from the council altogether a month before his term was due to end. The latest composition for this hung council has 17 Conservatives, 16 Labour councillors, 7 Lib Dems, 5 Reform Derby councillors, 4 independents and two vacant seats. Beart had also been a Swale councillor since 2015, representing Queenborough and Halfway ward until his death in January at the shockingly early age of 31. The 2019 elections to Rother council returned 14 Conservatives, 13 independents, 7 Lib Dems, 3 Labour and a Green councillor; the Conservatives did do a bit better here in the 2021 East Sussex county elections, but they have a long way to recover. Manages broadcast media production, broadcasting news on TV and radio, and streaming on the Internet. Andrews Previews will be in eastern Ormskirk to cover the postponed poll at a later date. This division returns two Suffolk county councillors, and it is safe for the Conservatives; in 2021 the Tory slate polled 50% of the vote against 19% for the Lib Dems and 18% for Labour. He has not shared information publicly about his parents anywhere, and he has managed his personal childhood life kept in private. 3. Sarah Teale showreel - YouTube Celebrate at your local polling station with your photo ID in hand: you can find where that polling station is on your polling card or by going to wheredoivote.co.uk. The split arose from criticisms of Midlands Today as being too centric on West Midlands coverage, although a service of separate opt-out bulletins for the region had been provided during the 1980s. United Kingdom London, Sarah Teale has been with Bbc for 15+ years and is a normal employee, Sarah's role is Broadcast Media Professional, Senior Broadcast Journalist/Presenter BBC East Midlands Today. Favourite sport / least favourite sport: Well taking part it would be dancing (if it counts) but otherwise it would be watching football. She and her family members are enjoying her single life for now. There are new ward boundaries here which makes it difficult to identify target wards. When the realisation dawned that. A coalition of everybody except the Conservatives is running the council under an independent leader. Sarah Teale - BBC East Midlands Today Hugh Casswell - Notts TV Callum Watkinson - ITV News Central The Diversity Award Cracked - Zebra Digital Ltd Jeremy Ball - BBC East Midlands Today Inside Out West Midlands - BBC Birmingham Mental Health Coverage - ITV News Central The Oldest Show on the Road - Rural Media Sharon Walia - Notts TV This will be the last thirds election in Worcester, which will transfer to whole-council elections next year. Compare and contrast with the east of the county, where we find three districts which are under No Overall Control. The first town in Essex to gain city status was Chelmsford, which was a stunning if narrow Lib Dem gain in 2019: the party won 31 seats against 21 Conservatives, 3 independents and 2 South Woodham Ferrers localists. East Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the East Midlands. So instead Ill focus on the delicate situation in the New Town of Crawley, where Labour have a very small majority: they hold 19 seats against 16 for the Conservatives and a vacant Conservative seat. Keep reading this article to learn more about Matt Teales Biography in the next section below. Sarah Teale is a presenter of BBC midlands today. The previous and love affairs of Blizzard have always stayed limited to date, as she has never dated any to date. Thomson was elected to Westmorland and Furness in 2022 on the Labour slate in Old Barrow and Hindpool ward, which Labour won with a 6628 margin over the Conservatives; the task of defending that Labour majority falls to training and education worker Dave Cassidy, who is opposed by the Conservatives Derek Gawne and the Lib Dems Stephen Pickthall. Its a big deal. There are also ward boundary changes in the only Greater Manchester borough which has never had a Labour majority. This year the Conservatives are defending the two ex-Yorkshire West Craven wards, which both voted Lib Dem last year, plus Marsden and Southfield ward in Nelson which voted Labour last year. Currently Bradford Labour stand at 52 seats out of 90. He is standing down this year as councillor for Detling and Thurnham ward. At parliamentary level Bedford town forms a marginal Labour constituency while the countryside around it is in the safe Conservative seat of North East Bedfordshire; however, the mayoralty doesnt reflect this. Mickey Sjv Gregory added he thought it was "someone just cashing in on the trend and trying to be funny". Read about our approach to external linking. A further Andover by-election in December 2022 saw the Lib Dems gain Andover Romans ward from the Conservatives, but the official turnout in that election was under 10% and there are suspicions that Royal Mail strike action resulted in the postal votes not being delivered to the count, so the amount that can be read into this result is limited. Matt Teale was with ITV in the Midlands from 1997 until 2022 before becoming one of the two main presenters of ITV News Meridian in 2022.