Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office After a nail-biting finale, Andy Street has become the most high-profile victim of tanking Tory support in May’s elections. With the Conservatives shedding seats across the country […]
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Devastating defeats give Tory MPs more reasons to fear what will befall them when the country delivers its verdict The mayoral elections demonstrated that there is a way to win for a Conservative. This is to make out that you have nothing to do with the Tories. Of the metro […]
Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded The nervous wait for the first result was longer than usual, as counting centres wrestled […]
Spread of Tory losses leads former minister to say there’s ‘no such thing as a safe seat any more’ The Conservatives are facing one of their worst local election results in 40 years, with striking Labour gains across England and Wales in key battlegrounds they need to secure victory at […]
The leader and his chancellor look like incumbents. That will make voters even more impatient for solutions to Britain’s ills It was not an opinion poll. These were local elections about local issues. The results tell you only about where we are now, not where we might be come the […]
Tory council representation has imploded, but Labour’s gains have not been seismic. These charts show what this may signal for a general election Full 2024 council results for England UK general election opinion poll tracker Conservative representation has collapsed to its lowest level since 1998 in the areas that voted […]
Tactical voting delivers only a near-victory for party in council election in the traditionally Conservative Berkshire stronghold In true-blue Berkshire, the skies were a prophetic grey on Friday as the Liberal Democrats were a whisker away from winning Wokingham. The district, where the veteran Tory MP John Redwood and the […]
As party narrowly misses out on overall majority, co-leader says it has won spread of urban and rural seats The Greens are celebrating a spectacular win in Bristol, where it became by far the largest party, as it headed for a record number of councillors in local elections across England. […]
Results across 107 councils and in 10 mayoral votes will start coming in from the early hours of Friday Local election results – live Local elections 2024: full council results for England Voters across England have the opportunity to give their verdict on Rishi Sunak’s government on Thursday in the […]
Former PM made the requirement to bring photo ID a stipulation of the Elections Act in 2022 Local elections: latest updates Boris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station when trying to cast his vote in Thursday’s elections after forgetting to bring the required photo identity. The former […]