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1656 — Battle of Kłecko
The Battle of Kłecko was fought on May 7, 1656, between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Regimentarz Stefan Czarniecki and Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski and a Swedish force commanded by prince Adolf Johan av Pfalz-Zweibrücken. The Polish–Lithuanian force was more than 12,000 strong and consisted mostly of cavalry, while the Swedes numbered around 7,000 artillery, infantry and cavalry. The Swedes achieved a tactical victory in that they escaped destruction by the Poles, who were unable to get to the Swedish army entrenched behind the Welnianka River, and various ditches and swamps.
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1685 — Battle on Vrtijeljka
The Battle on Vrtijeljka (Serbian: бој на Вртијељци, romanized: boj na Vrtijeljci) was fought on the hill of Vrtijeljka near Cetinje between a Venetian irregular force and an advancing Ottoman force on 7 May 1685 at the start of the Morean War. The Venetian force was made up of fighters from the neighbouring areas, including the band of acclaimed hajduk Bajo Pivljanin, and several Christian tribes.
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1798 — Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf
The Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf was an engagement fought off the Îles Saint-Marcouf near the Cotentin peninsula on the Normandy coast of France in May 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1795 a British garrison was placed on the islands, which operated as a resupply base for Royal Navy ships cruising off the coast of Northern France. Seeking to eliminate the British presence on the islands and simultaneously test the equipment and tactics then being developed in France for a projected invasion of Britain, the French launched a massed amphibious assault on the southern island using over 50 landing ships and thousands of troops on 7 May 1798.
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1861 — 1861 Liberian general election
General elections were held in Liberia on 7 May 1861. Incumbent President Stephen Allen Benson was the only candidate for the presidency, and was re-elected unopposed.
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1861 — Battle of Gloucester Point (1861)
The Battle of Gloucester Point, Virginia was an inconclusive exchange of cannon fire between a shore battery on the York River which was manned by Virginia (soon to be Confederate) forces and the Union gunboat USS Yankee. The action occurred on May 7, 1861, three weeks after the start of the American Civil War (Civil War) at Fort Sumter in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina on April 14, 1861.
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1862 — Battle of Eltham's Landing
The Battle of Eltham's Landing, also known as the Battle of Barhamsville, or West Point, took place on May 7, 1862, in New Kent County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's Union division landed at Eltham's Landing and was attacked by two brigades of Brig. Gen. G. W. Smith's command, reacting to the threat to the Confederate army's trains on the Barhamsville Road. Franklin's movement occurred while the Confederate army was withdrawing from the Williamsburg line, but he was unable to interfere with the Confederate movement.
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1864 — Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
The Battle of Rocky Face Ridge was fought May 7–13, 1864, in Whitfield County, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The Union army was led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and the Confederate army by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Confederates were forced to evacuate their strong position due to a Union flanking movement. General Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, steep Rocky Face Ridge and eastward across Crow Valley. When Sherman approached, he demonstrated against this position with two columns while he sent a third one through Snake Creek Gap, to the south, to hit the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Resaca.
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1864 — Battle of Todd's Tavern
The Battle of Todd's Tavern was fought in Virginia on May 7–8, 1864, during the American Civil War.
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1867 — 1867 Liberian general election
General elections were held in Liberia on 7 May 1867. The presidential election resulted in a victory for James Spriggs Payne of the Republican Party, defeating Old Whig candidate Edward James Roye. The election was very close, with the House of Representatives required to decide the final outcome. Payne took office on 6 January 1868.
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1876 — 1876 Peruvian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Peru on 7 May 1876. Mariano Ignacio Prado of the Civilista Party was elected with 96% of the vote.
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1899 — Philippine local elections, 1899
Local elections were held for provincial and municipal posts throughout the Philippine Archipelago from May 7, 1899. The first local elections under the American occupation were held in Baliuag, Bulacan, supervised by US General Henry W. Lawton.
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1901 — Monmouth Boroughs by-election, 1901
The Monmouth Boroughs by-election, 1901 was a by-election held on 7 May 1901 for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth Boroughs. The by-election was triggered by the unseating of the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, as a result of an election petition alleging irregularities in election spending. The Liberal candidate was Albert Spicer, who had previously been the sitting MP but had lost in the previous general election. The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sheriff Joseph Lawrence, who held the seat, although the party's majority was halved.
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1915 — Sinking of RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres; 13 miles) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom).
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1916 — 1916 Copa del Rey final
The 1916 Copa del Rey final was the 16th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Camp de la Indústria in Barcelona on 7 May 1916. The match was won by Athletic Bilbao, who beat Madrid FC 4–0. The star of the match was Félix Zubizarreta, who scored a hat-trick to help Athletic to a 4–0 win.
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1920 — Kiev offensive (1920)
The 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, Polish: wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War. It was an attempt by the armed forces of the recently established Second Polish Republic led by Józef Piłsudski, in alliance with the Ukrainian People's Republic led by Symon Petliura, to seize the territories of modern-day Ukraine which mostly fell under Soviet control after the October Revolution as the Russian Soviet Republic. Polish and Soviet forces fought in 1919 and the Poles advanced in the disputed borderlands. In early 1920, Piłsudski concentrated on preparations for a military invasion of central Ukraine. It would result, he anticipated, in destruction of the Soviet armies and force Soviet acceptance of unilateral Polish conditions. The Poles signed an alliance, known as the Treaty of Warsaw, with the forces of the Ukrainian People's Republic. The Kiev offensive was the central component of Piłsudski's plan for a new order in Eastern Europe centered around a Polish-led Intermarium federation. The stated goal of the operation was to create a formally independent Ukraine, although its dependence on Poland was inherent to Piłsudski's plans. Ukrainians ended up fighting on both sides of the conflict. The campaign was conducted from April to July 1920. The Polish Army faced the forces of the Russian Soviet Republic. At first, the war was successful for the allied Polish and Ukrainian armies, which captured Kiev (Kyiv) on 7 May 1920, but soon the campaign's progress was dramatically reversed due to a Red Army counter-offensive, in which the 1st Cavalry Army of Semyon Budyonny played a prominent part.
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1922 — 1922 Coupe de France final
The 1922 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade Pershing, Paris on 7 May 1922, that saw Red Star Olympique defeat Stade Rennais UC 2–0 on goals by Paul Nicolas and Raymond Sentubéry.
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1923 — Estonian parliamentary election, 1923
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 5 and 7 May 1923. There were some controversies - some lists, most remarkably Communist, were declared void before the elections because of electoral law violations, and the results gave Estonia its most fragmented parliament ever.
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1930 — Parnell by-election, 1930
The Parnell by-election of 1930 was a by-election in the seat of Parnell held on 7 May 1930 during the 23rd New Zealand Parliament. The by-election came about because of the resignation of the current member of parliament Harry Reginald Jenkins who chose to re-contest his seat. The seat was won by Bill Endean of the Reform Party.
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1944 — 1944 Coupe de France final
The 1944 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on May 7, 1944, that saw EF Nancy-Lorraine defeat EF Reims-Champagne 4–0 thanks to goals by Marcel Parmeggiani, Marcel Poblomme (2) and Michel Jacques.
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1945 — Battle of Kuryłówka
The Battle of Kuryłówka, fought between the Polish anti-communist resistance organization, National Military Alliance (NZW) and the Soviet Union's NKVD units, took place on May 7, 1945 in the village of Kuryłówka, southeastern Poland. The battle ended in a victory for the underground Polish forces.
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1948 — Congress of Europe
The Hague Congress or the Congress of Europe was a conference that was held in The Hague from 7–11 May 1948 with 750 delegates participating from around Europe as well as observers from Canada and the United States. The Congress, organized by Duncan Sandys and Józef Retinger, brought together representatives from across a broad political spectrum, providing them with the opportunity to discuss ideas about the development of European political co-operation.
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1953 — 1953 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1953. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1953 — 1953 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1953. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1953 — 1953 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1953. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
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1959 — 1959 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party reatined overall control of the council.
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1959 — 1959 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1959 — 1959 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.
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1960 — 1960 FA Cup final
The 1960 FA Cup final was the 79th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. It took place on 7 May 1960 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves won the game after a 3–0 victory, with a Norman Deeley double after Blackburn defender Mick McGrath had scored an own goal.
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1962 — Indian presidential election, 1962
The Election Commission of India held indirect 3rd presidential elections of India on May 7, 1962. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan with 553,067 votes won the presidency over his rivals Chowdhry Hari Ram who got 6,341 votes and Yamuna Prasad Trisulia who got 3,537 votes.
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1962 — 1962 Cannes Film Festival
The 15th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 7–23, 1962. The Palme d'Or went to the O Pagador de Promessas by Anselmo Duarte. The festival opened with Les Amants de Teruel, directed by Raymond Rouleau.
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1962 — 1962 Indian vice presidential election
The 1962 Indian vice presidential election was held in 7 May 1962 to elect the vice president of India. Zakir Husain was elected for the post. This was the first contested election for Vice Presidency in India, as the first two elections were uncontested, with Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan being the only candidate. He won against N. C. Samantsinhar by a landslide.
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1963 — 1963 Edinburgh Corporation election
An election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1963, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election. After the election Edinburgh Corporation remained under No Overall Control, composed of 33 Progressives, 31 Labour councillors, and 5 Liberal.
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1963 — 1963 Liberian general election
General elections were held in Liberia on 7 May 1963. In the presidential election, incumbent William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.
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1964 — Westminster City Council election, 1964
The 1964 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Hillingdon London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Hillingdon Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Hillingdon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Sheffield City Council election, 1964
The election was held on 7 May 1964, with one third of the council up for election. The election campaign was quieter than most, with fewer parties contesting, and a smaller number of candidates than recent years (64 stood). The election seen no change in seats, and a slightly reduced turnout of 29%.
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1964 — Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Tower Hamlets Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Camden London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Camden Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Croydon London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Croydon Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.
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1964 — Havering London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Havering Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.
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1964 — Ealing London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Ealing Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Ealing London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Islington London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Redbridge London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Redbridge Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Hammersmith London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Hammersmith Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Hammersmith London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Barnet London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Barnet Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Southwark London Borough Council election, 1964
The 1964 Southwark Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Southwark London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
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1964 — Pacific Air Lines Flight 773
Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 was a Fairchild F27A Friendship airliner that crashed on May 7, 1964, near San Ramon, California, a suburb in the East Bay, east of Oakland. The crash was most likely the first instance in the United States of an airliner's pilots being shot by a passenger as part of a murder–suicide.
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1964 — 1964 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Liberal Party lost overall control of the council.
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1964 — 1964 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.
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1964 — 1964 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.
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1968 — Edinburgh Corporation election, 1968
An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1968, alongside municipal elections across Scotlands. Of the councils 68 seats, 22 were up for election. Despite receiving the most votes of any single party, the SNP won only 7 seats. Unlike in Glasgow, the Progressives and Conservatives did not run on a joint ticket. Despite that however the parties only ran competing candidates in the Gorgie-Dalry ward. Following the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives (including the Lord Provost), 21 Labour councillors, 8 SNP councillors, 3 Conservatives, 1 Liberal, and 1 independent.
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1968 — 1968 Alabama Democratic presidential elector primary
The 1968 Alabama Democratic presidential elector primary was held on May 7, 1968, to choose the ten nominees for presidential electors to be listed on the general election ballot under the Democratic party label in the 1968 United States presidential election in Alabama. Unlike in 1964, former Governor of Alabama George Wallace did not seek the national Democratic nomination for President, instead opting to run on a third-party ticket.
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1968 — 1968 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
A presidential primary was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on May 7, 1968, with runoff elections in some congressional districts on June 4, to elect delegates representing Alabama to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. A substantial number of Alabama's national convention delegates were pledged to former Governor George Wallace as a favorite son candidate, despite his wishes.
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1970 — 1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1970 — 1970 Urmston Urban District Council election
Elections to Urmston Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1970 — 1970 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1970 — 1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1970 — 1970 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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1972 — Italian general election, 1972
General elections were held in Italy on May 7, 1972. Democrazia Cristiana (DC) remained stable with around 38% of the votes, as it happened to the Communist Party (PCI) which obtained the same 27% of 1968. The Socialist Party (PSI) continued in its decline, reducing to less than 10%. The most important growth was that of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement, who nearly doubled its votes from 4.5 to c. 9%, after that its leader Giorgio Almirante launched the formula of the National Right, proposing his party as the sole group of the Italian right side.
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1974 — Scottish local elections, 1974
There were elections for the Scottish district councils on Tuesday 7 May 1974, for both the new regional and district councils, between the two United Kingdom general elections of February and October in that same year. These were the first elections held to the 53 district councils established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The Labour Party did reasonably well and the Scottish National Party (SNP) did not. The councillors acted as "shadow" councils until May 1975, when the Monarchy of the United Kingdom approved by Royal Assent the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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1974 — 1974 City of Edinburgh District Council election
Elections to City of Edinburgh District Council were held on 7 May 1974, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the district council following the implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The election used the 64 wards created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.
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1974 — 1974 Western Isles Islands Council election
The first election to the Western Isles Islands Council was held on 7 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish regional elections. All candidates stood as Independents, and 16 candidates were elected unopposed. Several members of political parties ran as independent candidates. This included Roderick MacLeod in Shawbost, who had contested the Western Isles constituency for the Conservatives in 1970, and Mary McCormack, election agent for Labour candidate Andrew Wilson in February 1974, both of whom were unsuccessful.
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1974 — 1974 Shetland Islands Council election
Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 7 May 1974 as part of Scottish local elections. This was the first election for the all-purpose Shetland Islands Council, as established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, combining the Lerwick Town Council and the Zetland County Council. The Council operated as a shadow authority until May 1975, when it assumed full responsibilities for local government in Shetland. 11 seats were uncontested.
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1974 — 1974 Orkney Islands Council election
The 1974 Orkney Islands Council election, the first election to Orkney Islands Council, was held on 7 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish regional elections. Only independent candidates contested the election and eight seats were uncontested. The newly elected Orkney Islands Council existed as a shadow authority until 1975, when it inherited sole authority for local government in Orkney from the Orkney County Council, Kirkwall Town Council and Stromness Town Council.
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1974 — 1974 Highland Regional Council election
The first election to Highland Regional Council was held on 7 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish local elections. The election saw Independents win control of 37 of the councils 47 seats.
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1974 — 1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election
The first Dumfries and Galloway regional council election took place on 7 May 1974, along with the first district council elections in Scotland. This new system was created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which saw the making of a two-tier system of local government. The area Dumfries and Galloway regional council covered also contained 4 district councils: Annandale and Eskdale Nithsdale Merrick Stewartry Turnout was low and 12 out of the 35 wards in Dumfries and Galloway were uncontested.
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1977 — 1977 Scottish Cup final
The 1977 Scottish Cup Final was played on 7 May 1977 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 92nd Scottish Cup. Celtic and Rangers contested the match, Celtic won the match 1–0 with Andy Lynch scoring a penalty in the 20th minute after Johnstone was judged to have handled the ball on the line.
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1978 — 1978 Indian Federation Cup final
The 1978 Indian Federation Cup final was the 2nd final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 7 May 1978 and the replay on 9 May 1978 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Both the teams were announced as joint winners after both the matches ended 0–0 after full time.
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1981 — Humberside County Council election, 1981
The 1981 Humberside County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of 75 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Labour Party regaining control of the council from the Conservative Party, winning 42 seats. Humberside was a created as a non-metropolitan county in England by the Local Government Act 1972, with the first elections to the county council taking place in 1973. It was abolished on 1 April 1996 and replaced by East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.
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1981 — Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1981
The 1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the election resulted in the Labour Party regaining control from the Conservatives, winning fifty-five seats. The Conservatives won thirty-two councillors and one Residents' association councillor was elected in the Hucknall East division.
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1981 — Wiltshire County Council election, 1981
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of seventy-four members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning forty seats. Labour ended with twenty county councillors, the Liberals twelve, and Independents two, including one Ratepayer.
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1981 — Greater London Council election, 1981
There was an election to the Greater London Council held on 7 May 1981. Councillors were elected to serve until elections in May 1985. Those elections were cancelled and the term was extended until 1 April 1986. Whilst the moderate leader of the Labour GLC group Andrew McIntosh led the party into the election, and became GLC Leader.
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1981 — Lincolnshire County Council election, 1981
The 1981 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 42 seats.
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1981 — 1981 Suffolk County Council election
The 1981 Suffolk County Council election took place on 7 May 1981 to elect members of Suffolk County Council in Suffolk, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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1981 — 1981 Cornwall County Council election
Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 7 May 1981.
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1981 — 1981 Cumbria County Council election
Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 7 May 1981. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The council size was increased to 83 members following a boundary review. The Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.
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1981 — 1981 Essex County Council election
The 1981 Essex County Council election was held on 7 May 1981 to elect members of Essex County Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1981 — 1981 Norfolk County Council election
The 1981 Norfolk County Council election took place on 7 May 1981 to elect members of Norfolk County Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1981 — 1981 Hertfordshire County Council election
The 1981 Hertfordshire County Council election took place on 7 May 1981 to elect members of Hertfordshire County Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Boundary changes came into effect at this election with a new pattern of electoral divisions being used. The number of seats on the council was increased from 72 to 77.
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1981 — 1981 Northumberland County Council election
Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority.
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1981 — 1981 South Yorkshire County Council election
Elections to South Yorkshire County Council, a metropolitan county council of Yorkshire in England, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority. This was the last election to the South Yorkshire county council, as metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986.
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1983 — 1983 Cannes Film Festival
The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 7–19, 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the Narayama Bushiko by Shōhei Imamura. The festival opened with The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese and closed with WarGames, directed by John Badham.
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1986 — Bangladeshi general election, 1986
The Third National Parliamentary Elections 1986 (Bengali: তৃতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৮৬) were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election.
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1986 — 1986 European Cup final
The 1986 European Cup final was a football match played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, Spain, on 7 May 1986 to determine the champions of that season's European Cup. Steaua București of Romania defeated Barcelona of Spain in a shootout, with keeper Helmut Duckadam saving all 4 shots. It was the first European Cup final to finish goalless and remains Steaua's only European Cup triumph, and the first of only two won by an Eastern European club.
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1987 — 1987 Cannes Film Festival
The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held on 7–19 May 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the Sous le soleil de Satan by Maurice Pialat. The festival opened with Un homme amoureux, directed by Diane Kurys and closed with Aria, directed by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple.
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1987 — Manchester City Council election, 1987
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1991. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.
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1987 — Bristol City Council election, 1987
The 1987 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of seats were up for election. There was also a by-election in Clifton. There was a general but very small swing away from the Conservatives.
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1987 — Sheffield City Council election, 1987
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.
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1987 — Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1987
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1991. The council remained under no overall control.
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1987 — 1987 Stevenage Borough Council election
The 1987 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987, the same day as other local elections. One-third of the council seats last contested in 1983 were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.
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1987 — 1987 York City Council election
The 1987 York City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 South Norfolk District Council election
The 1987 South Norfolk District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of South Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Adur District Council election
Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. There were additional vacancies in the Churchill and Widewater wards and no elections for the two-member Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 48.3%. The election resulted in the Alliance retaining control of the council.
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1987 — 1987 Plymouth City Council election
The 1987 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.
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1987 — 1987 Basildon District Council election
The 1987 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1983. The Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had held since 1982; the council fell under no overall control.
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1987 — 1987 East Northamptonshire District Council election
The 1987 East Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of East Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council which it had held since the council's creation in 1973.
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1987 — 1987 Cambridge City Council election
The 1987 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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1987 — 1987 Corby District Council election
The 1987 Corby District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Corby District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, which it had held since 1979.
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1987 — 1987 Bath City Council election
The 1987 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Walcot due to an extra vacancy occurring.
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1987 — 1987 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
The 1987 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987, to elect all 40 members in 19 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England, having been renamed from Bracknell District Council. The election was held on the same day as other local elections as part of the 1987 United Kingdom local elections. The Conservative Party repeated its feat of 1983 by winning all 40 seats.
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1987 — 1987 Erewash Borough Council election
Elections to Erewash Borough Council were held on 7 May 1987 as part of nationwide local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Exeter City Council election
The 1987 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Epping Forest District Council election
The 1987 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. 19 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex were elected. The council remained under Conservative majority control.
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1987 — 1987 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. Prior to the election, the defending councillor in Ardsley had won the seat for Labour in an uncontested by-election and subsequently defected to Independent Labour. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.
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1987 — 1987 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
The 1987 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 North Norfolk District Council election
The 1987 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of North Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Braintree District Council election
The 1987 Braintree District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Rochford District Council election
The 1987 Rochford District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Rochford District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Brighton Borough Council election
The 1987 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Breckland District Council election
The 1987 Breckland District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Reading Borough Council election
The 1987 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1987, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election. Before the election, the council was under no overall control with Labour running a minority administration, being one seat short of an overall majority.
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1987 — 1987 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
The 1987 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 United Kingdom local elections
The 1987 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1987. It was the first time since 1983 that the Conservatives had enjoyed the largest share of the vote in local council elections. Soon after the elections, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called a general election which resulted in a second successive Conservative landslide, although Labour managed to cut the government's overall majority, while the Alliance endured another disappointing performance and was soon disbanded as the SDP and Liberals agreed on a merger the following year.
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1987 — 1987 Worthing Borough Council election
The 1987 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 West Dorset District Council election
The 1987 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election as West Dorset returned to whole councils elections, after previously having been elected in thirds.
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1987 — 1987 Bournemouth Borough Council election
The 1987 Bournemouth Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1987 to elect members to Bournemouth Borough Council in Dorset, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives maintained control of the council.
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1987 — 1987 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
The 1987 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the seats were up for contest; one from each ward, plus an additional seat in Welwyn South to fill a casual vacancy.
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1987 — 1987 Horsham District Council election
The 1987 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives retained control of the council with 33 seats, a majority of 12. The SDP–Liberal Alliance won 6 seats and Independents won 4.
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1987 — 1987 Thurrock Borough Council election
The 1987 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
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1987 — 1987 Chester City Council election
The 1987 Chester City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1987 — 1987 Wansdyke District Council election
The 1987 Wansdyke Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect councillors to Wansdyke District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The 1987 election saw the Conservatives win the largest number of seats and maintain majority control.
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1987 — 1987 Harlow District Council election
The 1987 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections held across the United Kingdom. The Labour Party retained control of the council.
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1987 — 1987 Chelmsford Borough Council election
The 1987 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Chelmsford Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council was contested on new ward boundaries, decreasing the number of seats by 4 to 56.
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1987 — 1987 Derby City Council election
The 1987 Derby City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1987. This was on the same day as other local elections. 15 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council.
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1989 — Panamanian general election, 1989
Panama held a general election on 7 May 1989, with the goal of electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly. The two primary candidates in the presidential race were Guillermo Endara, who headed Democratic Alliance of Civic Opposition (ADOC), a coalition opposed to military ruler Manuel Noriega, and Carlos Duque, who headed the pro-Noriega Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD). However, the election was annulled before voting was completed by Noriega's government, and Endara and his running mate Guillermo Ford were attacked in front of foreign media by Noriega supporters, events that contributed to the US invasion of Panama in December of that year.
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1989 — Bolivian general election, 1989
General elections were held in Bolivia on 7 May 1989. As no candidate for the presidency received over 50% of the vote, the National Congress was required to elect a President on 6 August. Although the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement had received the most votes, its candidate for President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was defeated by Jaime Paz Zamora of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) in the Congressional vote, despite the MIR only finishing third in the public vote.
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1989 — WrestleWar '89: Music City Showdown
WrestleWar '89: Music City Showdown was the first WrestleWar professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on May 7, 1989 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The main event was a tag team match between Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner and The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship.
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1991 — Bright Sparklers Fireworks disaster
The Bright Sparklers Fireworks fire occurred in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia on 7 May 1991. The Bright Sparklers Fireworks Factory in Sungai Buloh, Selangor caught fire and caused a huge explosion. Twenty six people were killed and over a hundred people were injured in the disaster. The explosion was strong enough to rip the roofs of some local houses, and ended up damaging over 200 residential properties.
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1991 — 1991 Las Vegas mayoral election
The 1991 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on May 7, 1991 to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Jan Laverty Jones. With Jones winning a majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff was needed.
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1992 — Bristol City Council election, 1992
The 1992 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Hartcliffe due to an extra vacancy occurring. The elections were held just weeks after John Major's unexpected 1992 General election victory, and mirroring that result there was a strong swing from Labour to Conservative.
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1992 — Sheffield City Council election, 1992
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.
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1992 — Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1992
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1992. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1996. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.
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1992 — 1992 Cannes Film Festival
The 45th Cannes Film Festival was held on 7–18 May 1992. The Palme d'Or went to the Den goda viljan by Bille August. The festival opened with Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven and closed with Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard.
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1992 — Manchester City Council election, 1992
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1996. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.
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1992 — 1992 Reading Borough Council election
The 1992 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1992, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland, and a month after the general election. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.
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1992 — 1992 Basildon District Council election
The 1992 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1988. The Conservative Party won every seat up for election, and gained control of the council for the first time, which had previously been under no overall control.
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1992 — 1992 Scottish local elections
Local elections were held in Scotland on 7 May 1992, to elect members to all 53 district councils. It was the last local election held under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts. Regional and district councils were abolished in 1996, and replaced with 29 new mainland unitary authorities under the terms of the Local Government etc.
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1992 — 1992 Derby City Council election
The 1992 Derby City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1992. This was on the same day as other local elections. 14 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. No seats changed hands and the council remained under no overall control, with the Conservatives and Labour holding exactly half the seats each.
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1992 — 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
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1992 — 1992 Peterborough City Council election
The 1992 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1992 — 1992 United Kingdom local elections
The 1992 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1992, one month after the 1992 general election which returned the governing Conservative Party for a fourth consecutive term in office. The Conservatives won back some ground that they had lost the previous year. The Conservative Party gained 303 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,288.
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1992 — 1992 Brighton Borough Council election
The 1992 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1992 — 1992 Bath City Council election
The 1992 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1992 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Kingsmead due to an extra vacancy occurring.
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1992 — 1992 Caithness District Council election
Elections to the Caithness District Council took place on 7 May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Independents remained in control of the council, winning 14 of the 16 seats. Nine candidates were elected unopposed, including one each from Labour and the Liberal Party. Voter turnout in the contested wards was 57.8%.
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1992 — 1992 Sutherland District Council election
Elections to the Sutherland District Council took place on 7 May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Independents remained in control of the council, winning all 14 seats. Eight candidates were elected unopposed, and Voter turnout in the contested wards was 38.9%.
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1992 — 1992 Stevenage Borough Council election
The 1992 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1988. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.
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1992 — 1992 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
The 1992 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.
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1992 — 1992 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1992, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.
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1992 — 1992 Harlow District Council election
The 1992 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since the council's creation in 1973.
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1992 — 1992 Epping Forest District Council election
The 1992 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. 20 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex were elected. The council remained under Conservative majority control.
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1992 — 1992 Cambridge City Council election
The 1992 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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1992 — 1992 Chester City Council election
The 1992 Chester City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1992 — 1992 Exeter City Council election
The 1992 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1992 — 1992 Worthing Borough Council election
The 1992 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1993 — Djiboutian presidential election, 1993
Presidential elections were held in Djibouti on 7 May 1993. They followed the constitutional changes approved in a referendum the previous year, which re-introduced multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. Nevertheless, incumbent President Hassan Gouled Aptidon of the People's Rally for Progress won, taking 60.7% of the vote, based on a 51.25 turnout.
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1993 — 1993 Sri Lankan presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 7 May 1993, following the assassination of president Ranasinghe Premadasa by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Colombo. The president of Sri Lanka was elected by the Parliament of Sri Lanka in a secret ballot to decide who would complete the remainder of Premadasa's term.
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1993 — 1993 Norfolk County Council election
The 1993 Norfolk County Council election took place on 7 May 1993 to elect members of Norfolk County Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1995 — French presidential election, 1995
Presidential elections took place in France on 23 April and 7 May 1995, to elect the fifth president of the Fifth Republic. The Socialist incumbent president, François Mitterrand, who had been in office since 1981, did not stand for a third term. He was 78, had terminal cancer, and his party had lost the 1993 legislative election in a landslide defeat. Since then, he had been "cohabiting" with a right-wing cabinet led by Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, a member of the neo-Gaullist RPR party.
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1996 — 1996 Indian general election
General elections were held in India on 27 April, 2 May and 7 May 1996 to elect the members of the eleventh Lok Sabha. The elections resulted in a hung parliament with no single party having a majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won the most seats despite finishing second in the popular vote, formed a short-lived government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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1996 — 1996 Indian general election in Maharashtra
1996 Indian general election was held in Maharashtra on 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996. Maharashtra returns 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha. The National Democratic Alliance consisting of BJP and Shiv Sena won 33 seats, while the Congress won 15 seats.
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1997 — 1997 Cannes Film Festival
The 50th Cannes Film Festival was held on 7–18 May 1997. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to Ta'm e guilass by Abbas Kiarostami and Unagi by Shohei Imamura. The festival opened with The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, and closed with Absolute Power, directed by Clint Eastwood.
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1997 — 1997 Peterborough City Council election
The 1997 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 1997 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This was on the same day as the 1997 general election and other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the number of seats increased by 8. Labour lost their majority on the council, which they had narrowly gained at the 1996 election.
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1998 — Hounslow London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Hounslow Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hounslow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The election saw Phil Andrews become the first member of Isleworth Community Group elected to the council after defeating a Labour candidate by two votes. However both the Labour and Conservative parties said they would not work with him due to his past membership of the National Front.
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1998 — Greenwich London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Greenwich Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Greenwich Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The election saw a number of independent candidates contest seats and the election saw candidates standing as Greens against the Millennium Dome, Conservatives Against Town Hall Corruption, Populist Keep Our Pound and the Corrective Party. However the Labour party was always seen as highly likely to remain in control of the council.
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1998 — Croydon London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. For the first time in a local election two polling stations were situated in supermarkets. Before the election the council had been seen as a top target for the Conservatives who only needed a small swing of 2 percent to take control. The Labour party had taken control of the council for the first time in the council's history in the previous election in 1994.
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1998 — Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The election saw the Conservative party only put up five candidates in the election and they failed to win any seats on the council. The Labour leader of the council, George Brooker, stood down at the election after 51 years. He opposed the Greater London Authority referendum that took place at the same time as the election, however Barking and Dagenham saw 73.49% vote in favour and 26.51% against.
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1998 — United Kingdom local elections, 1998
Local elections took place in many parts of England on 7 May 1998. All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some unitary authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. These elections took place on the same day as the referendum on establishing the Greater London Authority. The governing Labour Party, contesting its first national elections since returning to government 12 months previously, enjoyed great success, now having control of 94 councils, with the second placed Liberal Democrats now controlling 14 and the opposition Conservatives (now led by William Hague) a mere eight.
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1998 — Manchester City Council election, 1998
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. A vacancy each in Ardwick and Harpurhey were also being contested. There were two Labour candidates for Barlow Moor ward, the result of de-selected Labour Councillor Arthur Maloney securing an official Labour Party nomination before he was replaced by a new candidate. The Independent Labour candidates stood as Labour Peace 2000. Overall turnout was 20.5%, with Labour retaining control of the council.
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1998 — Derby City Council election, 1998
The 1998 Derby City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. One of the two Labour councillors defeated in the election was Milton Crosdale, the father of Imaani, who was taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom two days after the election. Crosdale had been defending a three-vote majority in Blagreaves ward.
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1998 — Merton London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Merton Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. At the same as the election Merton saw 72.2% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 27.8% against, on a 37.6% turnout.
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1998 — Colchester Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
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1998 — Southwark London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Southwark Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%.
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1998 — Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Havering London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Havering Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.
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1998 — Newham London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.4%. Labour won every seat.
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1998 — Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Kingston upon Thames Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to a Conservative led minority administration.
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1998 — Lambeth London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party took overall control of the council.
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1998 — Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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1998 — Birmingham City Council election, 1998
The 1998 Birmingham City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Birmingham City Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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1998 — Ealing London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Ealing Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Ealing London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Haringey London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Haringey Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Epping Forest District Council election, 1998
Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29.4%.
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1998 — Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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1998 — Wandsworth London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Wandsworth Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. At the same as the election Wandsworth saw 74.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.7% against, on a 38.7% turnout.
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1998 — Ipswich Borough Council election, 1998
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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1998 — Stevenage Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. At the same as the election Kensington and Chelsea saw 70.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 29.7% against, on a 27.9% turnout.
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1998 — Redbridge London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Redbridge Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.
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1998 — Brent London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
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1998 — Hillingdon London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Hillingdon Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hillingdon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.
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1998 — Basildon District Council election, 1998
The 1998 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Westminster City Council election, 1998
The 1998 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Camden London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Camden Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. The Labour Party held overall control of the council.
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1998 — Sutton London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Enfield London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Enfield Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Rochford District Council election, 1998
Elections to Rochford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
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1998 — Sheffield City Council election, 1998
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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1998 — Hackney London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Hackney Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went in no overall control.
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1998 — Harrow London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Harrow Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.
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1998 — Islington London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
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1998 — Bromley London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Bromley Council in England were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Because the council fell into no overall control, for the first time in the London Borough of Bromley history it was taken over by a Liberal Democrat/Labour Coalition.
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1998 — Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Barnet London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Barnet Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
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1998 — Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
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1998 — Harlow District Council election, 1998
The 1998 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.
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1998 — Bexley London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Bexley Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control. The electoral system used was the "first past the post", meaning that each seat was given to the candidate with the most votes.
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1998 — Lewisham London Borough Council election, 1998
Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election. Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2002.
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1998 — Bristol City Council election, 1998
Elections to the Bristol City Council were held on 7 May 1998 as part of the 1998 United Kingdom local elections. 22 wards were contested.
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1998 — City of Lincoln Council election, 1998
The 1998 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Lincoln District Council in Lincolnshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council. After the 1996 election the Labour party held all of the seats on the council but before the 1998 election 7 councillors broke away to sit as Independent Labour councillors.
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1998 — 1998 Exeter City Council election
The 1998 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1998 — 1998 Chester City Council election
The 1998 Chester City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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1998 — 1998 Cambridge City Council election
The 1998 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Prior to the election, Cllr Alan Charlesworth (Castle) left the Liberal Democrats to sit as an Independent.
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1998 — 1998 London local elections
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 7 May 1998. All London borough council seats were up for election. The 1998 Greater London Authority referendum was held in the same voting locations.
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1999 — United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
On May 7, 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (Operation Allied Force), five US JDAM guided bombs hit the People's Republic of China embassy in the Belgrade district of New Belgrade, killing three Chinese reporters and outraging the Chinese public. According to the U.S. government, the intention had been to bomb the nearby Yugoslav Federal Directorate for Supply and Procurement. President Bill Clinton later apologized for the bombing, stating it was accidental. Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet testified before a congressional committee that the bombing was the only one in the campaign organized and directed by his agency, and that the CIA had identified the wrong coordinates for a Yugoslav military target on the same street.
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1999 — UFC 20
UFC 20: Battle for the Gold was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 7, 1999 at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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2000 — 2000 Zagreb local elections
Elections were held in Zagreb on 7 May 2000 for members of the Zagreb Assembly. The elections were called after the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) lost the majority in the Assembly, and the Croatian Government dismissed it and appointed an acting mayor. In a record low turnout, the Zagreb Alternative coalition, led by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), won a majority of seats in the Assembly.
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2000 — Slamboree (2000)
The 2000 Slamboree was the eighth and final Slamboree professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on May 7, 2000 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Ten matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Jeff Jarrett defeated David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a Triple Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
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2002 — China Northern Airlines Flight 6136
China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (CBF6136, CJ6136) was a domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, in Dalian, Liaoning province, China. On May 7, 2002 the plane crashed into the bay near Dalian, shortly after the pilot reported "fire on board", killing all 103 passengers and 9 crew members.
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2004 — Iranian legislative election, 2004
The Iranian parliamentary elections of February 20 and May 7, 2004 were a victory for Islamic conservatives over the reformist parties. Assisting the conservative victory was the disqualification of about 2500 reformist candidates earlier in January.
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2005 — 2005 Essex County Council election
An election to Essex County Council took place on 7 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 75 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were redrawn for this election. The Conservative Party retained control with an increased majority, winning 52 of the 75 seats.
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2008 — 2008 Albanian Cup final
The 2008 Albanian Cup final was the 56th final of the Albanian Cup. The final was played at Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium in Elbasan on 7 May 2008. The match was contested by Vllaznia, who beat Dinamo Tirana in their semi-final, and Tirana who beat Elbasani. Vllaznia opened the scoring in the 3rd minute with midfielder Gilman Lika, they then won the game with a second on 38 minutes through Xhevahir Sukaj to give Vllaznia their sixth Albanian Cup success.
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2009 — Devon County Council election, 2009
An election to Devon County Council took place on 7 May 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009. The elections had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 62 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.
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2009 — 2009 Indian general election in Delhi
The 2009 Indian general election in Delhi was held on 7 May 2009 to elect representatives of the 7 parliamentary constituencies in the union territory. The Indian National Congress won all the 7 seats of Delhi in the Lok Sabha, making it the third time it won all the seats in Delhi since 1952.
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2011 — Singaporean general election, 2011
Singapore's general election to form its 12th Parliament was held on 7 May 2011. The Parliament of Singapore's maximum term is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President of Singapore and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution of Singapore. Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Office. On 19 April 2011, President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament.
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2011 — Niuean general election, 2011
General elections were held in Niue on 7 May 2011, to elect the members of the Niue Assembly. In the leadup to the election Speaker of the Niue Assembly Atapana Siakimotu announced that he would be retiring from politics.
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2012 — Syrian parliamentary election, 2012
A parliamentary election to the Syrian People's Council was held in Syria on 7 May 2012, following the approval of a new constitution of Syria, in a referendum on 26 February 2012.
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2012 — Bahamian general election, 2012
A general election was held in the Bahamas on 7 May 2012. Elections in the Bahamas take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy, which relies on the first past the post system of voting. This was the first general election in which a third party offered a full slate of candidates along with the two major parties.
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2013 — South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 2013
A special election for South Carolina's 1st congressional district was held on May 7, 2013 to fill the seat following the resignation of U.S. Representative Tim Scott, who was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Nikki Haley to fill the seat previously held by Jim DeMint. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 1, 2013 to accept a position as president of The Heritage Foundation. The filing period for candidates lasted between January 18 and January 28, 2013. The special primary elections took place on March 19, 2013.
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2014 — South African general election, 2014
The 2014 South African general election was held on 7 May 2014, to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. It was the fifth election held in South Africa under conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994, and also the first held since the death of Nelson Mandela. It was also the first time that South African expatriates were allowed to vote in a South African national election. The National Assembly election was won by the African National Congress (ANC), but with a reduced majority of 62.1%, down from 65.9% in the 2009 election.
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2014 — 2014 Western Cape provincial election
A provincial election was held in the Western Cape on 7 May 2014 to elect a new provincial parliament. It was the fifth provincial election held since the end of the apartheid era, and also the first held since the death of Nelson Mandela. Although not constitutionally required, the election was held simultaneously with elections to the National Assembly.
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2014 — 2014 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
The 2014 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir were held for 6 seats in the state. The voting process was held in five phases on 10, 17, 24, 30 April and 7 May 2014. Bharatiya Janata Party and Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party won 3 seats each.
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2014 — 2014 Northern Cape provincial election
The 2014 Northern Cape provincial election was held on 7 May 2014 to elect all 30 members of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. As with all South African provincial elections, it was held concurrent with the 2014 South African general election. The ruling ANC gained a seat, and the opposition Democratic Alliance gained three seats. The Economic Freedom Fighters, founded less than a year earlier, won two seats.
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2014 — 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The Telugu Desam Party led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the residual Andhra Pradesh, while Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by K.
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2014 — 2014 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh
The 2014 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh were held for 4 seats in the state. The major two contenders in the state were Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC). The voting process was held in a single phase on 7 May 2014.
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2015 — Cotswold District Council election, 2015
The 2015 Cotswold District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council in England. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the district due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England. Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 44 to 34, making exact comparisons with 2011 difficult. The election produced a slightly reduced majority for the ruling Conservative Group but other than a single gain by the Liberal Democrats to produce this result no other ward changed hands.
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2015 — North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015
Elections to elect all members of the North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 7 May 2015, simultaneously with a general election, held as one of the English local elections of that year. At the request of the previous administration, a boundary review took place during 2014 with a view to make every ward represented by one councillor. The total number of councillors remained at 38, meaning that the final proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England replaced 20 single-, double- and triple-member wards with 38, single-member. The local Conservative governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election.
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2015 — Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The by-thirds 2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, to elect approximately one third of the members of the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 held on the same day as the general election. All seats contested at this election were last contested in 2011, and of these, 20 were held by Labour Party councillors. Following the premature resignation of former Cabinet member Cllr. Mahroof Hussain (L) elected in Boston Castle at a more recent election, his seat (for the Boston Castle ward) was also contested in the 2015 election.
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2015 — Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections and the UK General Election. Stockport Council is elected in thirds which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as fallow year. The last fallow year was 2013, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected with serve a four-year term expiring in 2019.
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2015 — United Kingdom general election, 2015
The United Kingdom general election of 2015 on 7 May 2015 elected the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each of the 650 parliamentary constituencies elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, the dominant house of Parliament. It was the first general election at the end of a fixed term Parliament. Local elections took place in most of England on the same day. Polls and commentators had predicted the outcome would be too close to call and would result in a second hung parliament similar to the 2010 election.
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2015 — Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Calderdale in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and a general election. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2015 last stood for election in 2011. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election. Before the election there was no overall control with a minority Labour administration which was over-ruled at a recent Budget vote by a coalition of Conservatives & Liberal Democrats.
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2015 — Newcastle City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Newcastle City Council Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections. During the election campaign, hustings were held by JesmondLocal in the North and South Jesmond Wards. The result saw the majority of governing Labour Party members increase in the council chamber, with winners in seats in the wards Castle and North Jesmond replacing one Liberal Democrat councillor each for these. Westerhope saw its third independent councillor elected, Pat Hillicks winning the seat with a 1,319 majority over the Labour Party candidate.
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2015 — City of York Council election, 2015
The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England. Since the previous election in 2011 a review of ward boundaries had affected some wards, although the total number of councillors remained at 47. The following wards remained unchanged from 2011: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Haxby and Wigginton, Holgate, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Strensall, Westfield and Wheldrake.
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2015 — Medway Council election, 2015
The 2015 Medway Council election took place on 7 May 2015, alongside the 2015 UK General Election. The elections were to elect all 55 seats across 22 wards. The Conservatives held the council, with 36 seats (a majority of 16). The Labour Party has 15 seats, and UKIP has 4. Following the announcement of the results, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition called for a re-count in Rainham North ward after their candidate received no votes, despite claiming that he had voted for himself; however, the council's returning officer confirmed that the result was correct and no further action could be taken.
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2015 — South Norfolk District Council election, 2015
The 2015 South Norfolk District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect the whole council as part of United Kingdom local elections, 2015 coinciding with the general election. The council continued to consist of 46 councillors and as immediately after the previous election, the council was controlled by local Conservatives, with local Liberal Democrats being the only opposition. The governing group's numbers were augmented by two councillors at the expense of that opposition group. Three defecting-from-majority independent councillors lost their council seats.
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2015 — Southampton City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Southampton City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southampton City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. After the election, the composition of the council was * Labour 26 (-2) * Conservative 20 (+2) * Councillors Against Cuts 2 Just one week after the election, newly re-elected Labour councillor for Redbridge, Andrew Pope, who had represented the area since 2011, left Labour to sit as an independent, citing concerns he had with the leader of the council, Simon Letts, who he accused of "putting his own position ahead of the people of Southampton" and of lacking "vision and strong leadership".
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2015 — Brighton and Hove City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Brighton and Hove City Council in England. This is on the same day as the general election and other local elections. The election saw the Green party lose their minority control of the council. The party had gained control of the council from the Conservative party following the previous election, with the party elected on a promise to resist cuts from central government. During the administration however the council was faced with cuts of up to £80 million.
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2015 — Birmingham City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Birmingham City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Birmingham City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and also the 2015 UK General Election. In Birmingham the Labour Party went against the trend across the United Kingdom, as they lost the General Election the Labour Party managed to strengthen its hold on Birmingham City Council as well as performing well in the Westminster seats. This is despite the problems facing the Council in the form of the recent Operation Trojan Horse scandal and the Kerslake review, which was highly critical of Birmingham City Council.
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2015 — Norwich City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Norwich City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the UK general election. Thirteen seats were due to be contested, with a further two seats up for election where casual vacancies had arisen. Labour won ten of the available seats, the Green Party won four, and the Liberal Democrats one. The Conservatives gained their highest ever vote in many city wards including Town Close and Thorpe Hamlet, and across Norwich came within almost 2000 votes of the Green Party, however failed to gain any seats.
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2015 — Tendring District Council election, 2015
The 2015 Tendring District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Cambridge City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election.
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2015 — Bristol City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections. In March 2015, the only Independent Councillor on Bristol City Council defected to the Conservatives. This meant that the Conservatives increased their number of seats from the previous Council despite making no gains in the May election.
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2015 — Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — West Dorset District Council election, 2015
The 2015 West Dorset District Council election took take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of West Dorset District Council in England. This was on the same day as the general election and other local elections. A series of boundary changes saw the number of councillors reduced from 48 to 44.
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2015 — Bracknell Forest Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all the members of Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England to coincide with other local elections, an election which was held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election, resulting in higher turnout than the previous election.
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2015 — Warrington Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Leeds City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — City of Lincoln Council election, 2015
The 2015 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Ashfield District Council election, 2015
The 2015 Ashfield District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Erewash Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Erewash Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Erewash Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Doncaster Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.
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2015 — Gedling Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Gedling Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. Each councillor serves a four-year term of office. Following Boundary Commission recommendations boundary change took place for this election to provide for 19 wards, many of which are two or three-member, thus electing 41 councillors.
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2015 — Liverpool City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Liverpool City Council election took take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Reading Borough Council election, 2015
Elections to Reading Borough Council took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Reading Borough Council in England to coincide with other local elections, an election which was held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election, resulting in higher turnout than the previous election. The election resulted in no change in terms of the political make-up of the Council will each political party holding their respective seats.
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2015 — Colchester Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Colchester Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections and as the General Election. Colchester Borough Council is made up of 60 councillors: 20 councillors were up for election.
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2015 — Telford and Wrekin Council election, 2015
The 2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Telford and Wrekin Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Stevenage Borough Council election, 2015
The by-thirds 2015 Stevenage Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect one third (thirteen) of the members (councillors) of the council, one for each ward, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.
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2015 — Manchester City Council election, 2015
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 7 May 2015, along with the United Kingdom general election, 2015. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2019. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold every seat contested.
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2015 — Thurrock Council election, 2015
The 2015 Thurrock Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England. This was on the same day as the general election and other local elections. Elections were held in 16 wards for seats that were last contested in 2011, to elect roughly one third of the council. The results meant that there continued to be no overall control of the council.
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2015 — Crawley Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Crawley Borough Council in England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election.
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2015 — East Riding of Yorkshire Council election, 2015
The 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained control of the council.
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2015 — Spelthorne Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Spelthorne Borough Council in England as one of the 2015 local elections, held simultaneously with the General Election.
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2015 — Ribble Valley Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Ribble Valley Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Ipswich Borough Council election, 2015
Elections to Ipswich Borough Council were held on 7 May 2015. Despite losing 4 seats to the Conservatives, the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, albeit with a reduced majority. The Conservatives won 5 additional seats (4 from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats) and polled more votes than Labour overall. The Liberal Democrats lost a seat and won no seats.
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2015 — Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections. One major change was that Council Leader George Dunning and many other Labour councillors were deselected and ran as Independent. The election saw the council return to no overall control.
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2015 — Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015. Councillors retiring at this election were Cllrs. Betty Barlow (Worsborough); Tracey Cheetham (Royston); Brian Key (Darfield); and Tom Sheard (Kingstone) (all L); Dave North (North East) and Brian Perrin (Dodworth) from the Barnsley Independent Group; and Anne Rusby (Penistone West) (C).
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2015 — Harlow District Council election, 2015
The 2015 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour party councillors increased their control of the council as the governing group, gaining one councillor and suffering no losses.
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2015 — North Warwickshire Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 North Warwickshire Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of North Warwickshire Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — United Kingdom local elections, 2015
The 2015 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the general election for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
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2015 — Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of the council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. This is on the same day as other local elections and coincided with the United Kingdom general election, 2015.
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2015 — Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015. 22 seats, representing one third of the total Council membership, were up for election in single-member wards.
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2015 — Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2015
The 2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 7 May 2015, electing members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country as well as the general election. All 75 seats were contested. Labour won a small majority with a total of 38 seats on a 3.2% swing from the Conservatives, meaning that the council moved from Conservative control to Labour control.
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2015 — Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2015 general election as well as other local elections. 21 seats were up for election. The seat in Rooksdown was up for election due to a casual vacancy, and its winner would serve a term lasting until 2016.
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2015 — Mendip District Council election, 2015
The 2015 Mendip District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Mendip District Council in England. This happened on the same day as other local elections and the general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
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2015 — Nottingham City Council election, 2015
The 2015 elections to Nottingham City Council were held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 55 members to the Council across 20 wards.
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2015 — Guildford Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Guildford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Guildford Borough Council in England as one of the 2015 local elections, held simultaneously with the General Election.
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2015 — Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as the other local elections.
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2015 — Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the General Election.
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2015 — Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2015
The 2015 Bath and North East Somerset Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England. This coincided with other local elections and the 2015 general election.
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2015 — Winchester City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Winchester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England. In total, 20 out of 57 council seats were up for election. The Conservatives gained majority control of Winchester City Council from No Overall Control, following the defection of two former conservative councillors to the Liberal Democrats in 2014.
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2015 — Peterborough City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Portsmouth City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Plymouth City Council election, 2015
The 2015 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — Epping Forest District Council election, 2015
The 2015 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Gloucester City Council election
The 2015 Gloucester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. Eleven of the 36 seats on the council were up for election, being a nominal third of the council. This was the last year of Gloucester electing its council by thirds, with elections from 2016 onwards being whole council elections every four years instead.
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2015 — 2015 Fenland District Council election
The 2015 Fenland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Fenland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. It used the new boundaries from The Fenland (Electoral Changes) Order 2014.
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2015 — 2015 Leicester City Council election
The 2015 Leicester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, the 2015 general election and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.
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2015 — 2015 Test Valley Borough Council election
The 2015 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Test Valley Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Forest of Dean District Council election
Elections for all seats on Forest of Dean District Council were held on 7 May 2015 as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections. No party gained overall control. The Conservatives remained the largest party on the council, having increased their number of Councillors, but failing to gain an overall majority. This election saw the Green Party gain their first seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats lost their only Councillor.
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2015 — 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales
On Thursday 7 May 2015, the 2015 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, with 40 constituencies being in Wales. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post. Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.
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2015 — 2015 Lewes District Council election
The 2015 Lewes District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Lewes District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Horsham District Council election
The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives secured a majority of 17, which was the largest majority any party has ever achieved at a Horsham District Council election.
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2015 — 2015 Luton Borough Council election
The 2015 Luton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Luton Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Braintree District Council election
The 2015 Braintree District Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Following a boundary change, the number of wards was reduced from 30 to 26 and the number of councillors from 60 to 49.
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2015 — 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
The 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 7 May 2015 and all 18 seats were contested. 1,236,765 people were eligible to vote, up 67,581 from the 2010 general election. 58.45% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of half a percentage point from the last general election. This election saw the return of Ulster Unionists to the House of Commons, after they targeted 4 seats but secured 2.
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2015 — 2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post, single-member district electoral system. Unlike the 2010 general election, where no seats changed party, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won all but three seats in Scotland, gaining a total of 56 seats.
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2015 — 2015 South Gloucestershire Council election
The 2015 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Gloucestershire Council in England as part of nationwide local elections. For the first time since the creation of South Gloucestershire, the Conservatives took an overall majority with 40 of the 70 seats. This was the second one-party majority in the history of South Gloucestershire, after the Lib Dems' 1999-2003 control.
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2015 — 2015 Derbyshire Dales District Council election
The 2015 Derbyshire Dales District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 39 members of Derbyshire Dales District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council for the fourth consecutive election, with a majority of 19.
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2015 — 2015 Kettering Borough Council election
The 2015 Kettering Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Kettering Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 2003. The election in Rothwell Ward was delayed until 4 June 2015 due to the death of a candidate.
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2015 — 2015 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2019. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
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2015 — 2015 Brentwood Borough Council election
The 2015 Brentwood Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Brentwood Borough Council in England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Mansfield District Council election
The 2015 Mansfield District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Mansfield District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Wellingborough Borough Council election
The 2015 Borough Council of Wellingborough election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Borough Council of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, UK. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Teignbridge District Council election
The 2015 Teignbridge District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Teignbridge District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the election, the Conservatives won control of the council.
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2015 — 2015 Rushmoor Borough Council election
The 2015 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Rushmoor Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. Two seats were up for election in the West Heath ward due to the resignation of an incumbent.
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2015 — 2015 Poole Borough Council election
The 2015 Poole Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Poole Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the Parliamentary General Election.
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2015 — 2015 Arun District Council election
The Arun District Council elections, 2015 took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, electing all 54 members of the council, and taking place alongside a general election and other local elections in England. From the previous election, the council had undergone boundary changes which had reduced their number by 2. One councillor in Bersted had defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Green Party, bringing in the first Green councillor on Arun since the authority was formed in 1973.
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2015 — 2015 Havant Borough Council election
The 2015 Havant Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Havant Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 North Norfolk District Council election
The 2015 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Norfolk District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Hart District Council election
The 2015 Hart District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hart District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. Prior to this elections, the Conservatives held a plurality with 14 seats but did not hold a majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign (Hart) both had 8 seats.
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2015 — 2015 Worthing Borough Council election
The 2015 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 general election. The Conservative Party retained its control of the council, winning every seat that was up for election. There was no local election in Durrington or Northbrook wards this year.
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2015 — 2015 Rochford District Council election
The 2015 Rochford District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Rochford District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 St Albans City and District Council election
The 2015 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Corby Borough Council election
The 2015 Corby Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Corby Borough Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1979.
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2015 — 2015 South Northamptonshire District Council election
The 2015 South Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Northamptonshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Gravesham Borough Council election
The 2015 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Gravesham Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.
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2015 — 2015 South Lakeland District Council election
The 2015 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the South Lakeland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 North Lincolnshire Council election
The 2015 North Lincolnshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the North Lincolnshire Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council.
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2015 — 2015 Maldon District Council election
The 2015 Maldon District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 South Oxfordshire District Council election
The 2015 South Oxfordshire District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Elections were held for all seats on the council. After the 2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election the Boundary Commission for England had revised South Oxfordshire's district ward boundaries and reduced the number of seats from 48 to 36. the 2015 elections were the first to be held for the new revised wards.
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2015 — 2015 Selby District Council election
The 2015 Selby District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Selby District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Dover District Council election
The 2015 Dover District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Dover District Council in Kent, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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2015 — 2015 United Kingdom general election in England
On Thursday 7 May 2015, the 2015 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, with 533 constituencies being in England. The Conservatives won a majority of seats in England for the second time since 1992. Both major parties made gains at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, whose support collapsed to its lowest level since 1970.
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2015 — 2015 Breckland District Council election
The 2015 Breckland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries, decreasing the number of seats by 5 to 49.
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2015 — 2015 Derby City Council election
The 2015 Derby City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Derby City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party increased its majority on the council by gaining two seats.
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2015 — 2015 Canterbury City Council election
The 2015 Canterbury City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
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2015 — 2015 Chichester District Council election
The 2015 Chichester District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Chichester District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 New Forest District Council election
The 2015 New Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of New Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Sunderland City Council election
The 2015 Sunderland City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 general election.
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2015 — 2015 Exeter City Council election
The 2015 Exeter City Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Exeter, Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Bassetlaw District Council election
The 2015 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 7 May 2015, to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections. Prior to this election, the council decided to move to all-out elections from 2015.
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2015 — 2015 East Hampshire District Council election
The 2015 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the East Hampshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Conservatives maintain their majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats, the only other party to hold representation on the council, lost three seats to the Conservatives, all in Whitehill.
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2015 — 2015 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
The 2015 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Chelmsford City Council election
The 2015 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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2015 — 2015 Daventry District Council election
The 2015 Daventry District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Daventry District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Two seats changed hands with the Conservatives taking both from Labour leading to the council being made up as follows; 31 Conservative councillors, 2 Labour councillors, 2 UKIP councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor.
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2016 — Bukit Batok by-election, 2016
A by-election for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency in Singapore was concluded on Polling Day of 7 May 2016, with Murali Pillai as the winning candidate. This followed the sudden resignation of incumbent Member of Parliament David Ong Kim Huat (of the People's Action Party) on 12 March 2016. On 20 April, President Tony Tan Keng Yam issued the writs of election. On 27 April, two candidates were nominated, Murali Pillai of the People's Action Party, and Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party. The by-election was the 13th of its kind since Singapore's independence.
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2016 — Sarawak state election, 2016
The eleventh Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 7 May 2016 after nomination for candidates on Monday, 25 April 2016. The 82 members of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly, were elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. More than 1.1 million who had their names entered or retained in an electoral register for a particular electoral district in Sarawak was eligible to vote at the time of the election. Malaysia does not practice compulsory voting and automatic voter registration. The voting age is 21 although the age of majority in the country is 18.
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2017 — 2017 French presidential election
Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings, making him the first incumbent head of state of the Fifth Republic not to seek reelection.
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2017 — 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election
The 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 7 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent government was led by Minister-President Torsten Albig, and consisted of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Greens, and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). The government lost its majority in the election.
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2017 — WWE United Kingdom Championship Special
The United Kingdom Championship Special was a professional wrestling streaming event produced by the American promotion WWE. The event was filmed on May 7, 2017, and aired on May 19 exclusively on the WWE Network at 8:00 p.m. British Summer Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The event was held at Epic Studios in Norwich, Norfolk, England and featured the participation of competitors from WWE's United Kingdom division and the 205 Live program.
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2017 — 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final
The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was the last match of the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which took place on May 7, 2017 at the National Beach Soccer Arena in Nassau, the Bahamas.
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2017 — 2017 A-League Grand Final
The 2017 A-League Grand Final was the twelfth A-League Grand Final, and was played on 7 May 2017, at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The match was contested between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory who finished the 2016–17 season first and second respectively. This was the third time the teams met in a final, previously playing each other in 2010 and 2015.
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2018 — Battle of Derna (2018–2019)
The Battle of Derna was a military campaign by the Libyan National Army to recapture the city of Derna from the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna, which lasted from 7 May 2018 until 12 February 2019. The majority of military operations concluded by 28 June 2018, with the Libyan National Army declaring control of the entire city on that day, despite continued clashes in the old city.
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2019 — 2019 Denver mayoral election
The 2019 Denver mayoral election was the 2019 edition of the quadrennial elections held to determine the Mayor of the City of Denver, Colorado. The election was held on May 7, 2019. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held on June 4, 2019, between the two candidates with the most votes, incumbent Mayor Michael Hancock and Jamie Giellis.
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2021 — Bellator 258
Bellator 258: Archuleta vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on May 7, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. This fight card is notable for being Anthony Johnson's final fight before his death.
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2022 — UFC 274
UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 7, 2022, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
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2023 — 2023 Tanur boat disaster
On 7 May 2023, the recreational boat Atlantic capsized in Tanur Beach in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India. The incident, on a boat carrying 37 people, caused 22 deaths and 10 injuries, including 11 children.
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2024 — 2024 Indiana Democratic presidential primary
The 2024 Indiana Democratic presidential primary took place on May 7, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 79 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated in the open primary, with additional 9 unpledged delegates. To make the primary ballot, candidates had to gather at least 500 signatures from each congressional district, for a total of 4,500 signatures.
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2024 — 2024 Indian general election in Gujarat
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Gujarat on 7 May 2024 to elect 26 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.
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2024 — 2024 Indian general election in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on 7 May 2024 to elect two members of the 18th Lok Sabha. These elections are the first to take place in the union territory after it was formed on 2020 with the merger of the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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2024 — 2024 Indian general election in Goa
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Goa on 7 May 2024 to elect 2 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.
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2025 — 2025 Assam local elections
The 2025 Assam Panchayat Election were held in May 2025. Polling took place in two phases, on 2 and 7 May 2025. The counting of votes started on 11 May and results were declared on 14 May. More than 18 million people were eligible to vote and the voter turnout was over 74 per cent.
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2026 — 2026 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary authorities, 6 county councils, 48 district councils) and six directly elected mayors in England. Most of these seats in England were last up for election in 2022. Some of these elections were postponed from 2025.
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2026 — 2026 London local elections
Local elections in London were held on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. The election saw major losses for the Labour Party, major gains for the London Green Party, and minor gains for Reform UK, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.
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