Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom the term No Overall Control (abbreviated to NOC) refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats, and is analogous to a hung parliament. A Local Council ( LC) is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In Parliamentary systems a hung parliament is one in which no one Political party has an outright majority and means it is most commonly equally balanced Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 (just over a quarter) resulted in a NOC administration. The 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May, 2007.
Administration in NOC councils
Typically under the circumstances that no party achieves overall control of a council the largest grouping will form alliances to create an ad hoc governing coalition. Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means "for this [ Purpose ]" A coalition is an alliance among individuals during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own Self-interest. Due to local council elections tending to return larger numbers of smaller party and independent candidates this can allow these groups more influence than their numerical representation would otherwise allow. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party.
Examples exist of alliances between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives (Birmingham City Council), Lib-Dems and Labour (Southampton City Council - although this alliance was broken at the 2008 local elections when the Conservatives gained control of the council) and between all major parties and independents or residents associations . Birmingham shown within Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England
A misplaced alliance can result in a backlash against a party - the Isle of Wight Council elections, 2001, resulted in a NOC administration, prompting the Liberal Democrats and Independents to form a governing group called 'Island First' this was met by some consternation by residents and may have led in part to the significant losses suffered by both groups at the 2005 elections at which Lib Dem membership of the council fell from 19 to 5 seats. The Isle of Wight Council is a local council It is a Unitary authority covering the Isle of Wight, South East England. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the
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In Parliamentary systems a hung parliament is one in which no one Political party has an outright majority and means it is most commonly equally balanced A coalition is an alliance among individuals during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own Self-interest.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic