Local election analysis: Owen Jones’s success* rate

Owen Jones has been on a mission of late – a mission to unseat Tories. The Guardian columnist has been taking his campaign to key Labour target seats. Only despite the Guardian columnist’s best efforts, Labour have had a rather underwhelming night in the local elections.

So, in order to help with future planning, Mr S thought it might be helpful to examine the varying degrees of success* when it comes to Jones’s campaign work:

1. Owen Jones visited Kensington
   Tory HOLD
   Owen Jones campaigned in Kensington where Labour had high hopes of making gains and perhaps even taking control of the council. This would have been the crown jewel in their campaign. Alas it wasn’t to be, there was only one Tory loss despite the Tory council coming under heavy criticism for the handling of Grenfell.
   
   
   
   
2. Owen Jones visited Westminster
   Tory HOLD
   Owen Jones campaigned in Westminster – a council Labour hoped to take control of. Only it didn’t work out like that and the Tories held it.
   
   
   
   
3. Owen Jones visited Wandsworth
   Tory HOLD
   Owen Jones campaigned in Wandsworth where Labour had high hopes to take control.