Local elections take place on 2 May 2013 in 27 county councils and 8 unitary authorities in England and one council in Wales.
Electoral swing is a way of comparing the performance of parties at elections. This note shows how to calculate swing using examples from the 2010 General Election and gives detail of general election swings since 1950 and record by-election swings.
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