1.   A national election victory gives a stronger moral claim to rule than a local election.

2.   A new town charter gives out-of-state property-owners the right to vote in local elections.

3.   Both the parties are treating the local elections as a dry run.

4.   Candidates in local elections can expect their followers not only to vote for them but to campaign for them as well.

5.   Councils will have to carry out an annual survey of customer satisfaction, published just before local election.

6.   He insists that he is not worried about the poor showing his party made in the recent local elections.

7.   It is your civic duty to vote in the local elections.

8.   It is, of course, conceivable that the community charge will have a bigger direct effect on local elections in future years.

9.   Local election results have not as yet been announced.

10.   Major said holding local elections is the best immediate way to build confidence in the stalled peace process.