06 May 2024 - Conservatives suffer losses in local elections
Local Elections 2024: Key moments... in 60 seconds
(BBC News, 04/05/2024)
Millions of voters have cast their ballots in local, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales.
In English local elections Labour won where it needed to
(The Economist, 04/05/2024)
Sir Keir Starmer had plenty of choices to take a victory lap after local elections in England on May 2nd. The Labour leader could have nipped to Swindon, home to a classic marginal constituency, where Labour increased its majority on the council.
Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives
Robert Ford (The Guardian, 04/05/2024)
The nervous wait for the first result was longer than usual, as counting centres wrestled with multiple ballots for councils, mayors and police and crime commissioners. It was well past midnight on Friday morning when the first ward flashed up, coming as always from Sunderland, which prides itself on its rapid vote counting. A big Tory to Labour swing in Sunderland’s Copt Hill.
Blackpool South byelection: the size of the swing to Labour made this such an unpleasant night for Rishi Sunak
Martin Farr (The Conversation, 03/05/2024)
The last time Labour won Blackpool South, the party won 270 other constituencies. It was 1997 and Labour took 179 more than all other parties combined. Tony Blair walked down a flag-festooned Downing Street later that sunny May day.
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