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Conservatives crushed by ‘worst local election result’ in years
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...
Local elections 2024: full council results for England
Results from more than 100 English councils, as well as for several mayors, are announced. So far the Conservatives have lost control of several key councils but have won the Tees Valley mayoral ...
Big Tory losses but no Labour landslide. What might happen at Westminster? – a visual analysis
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 GENER...
Key points as local election results show major Tory losses
With almost all council elections declared, Conservatives are on course to lose up to 500 seats At the start of a long weekend of election results, the first outcomes have been every bit as dir...
Labour’s Claire Ward elected first mayor of East Midlands as Sunak gets boost in Tees Valley after Tory losses – live
Party source describes region as ‘beating heart of general election battleground’ as prime minister says Labour threw ‘lot of mud’ Local elections 2024: full council results for England ...
‘Tories are woeful’: Lib Dems a whisker away from Wokingham majority
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 Frid...
Ben Houchen victory bucks anti-Tory trend as Labour wins three mayoral contests
Wins in East Midlands, North East, and York and North Yorkshire suggest Labour on course for general election success The Conservatives held on to their high-profile Tees Valley mayoralty with ...
Labour celebrates victories but loses ground in urban and heavily Muslim areas
Party did better in places it had lost since 2016 but one commentator called it ‘progress at a price’ Labour was celebrating a string of election successes on Friday in a set of results tha...
Ben Bradshaw is still wrong on Iraq and the Guardian | Brief letters
Poor judgment | State school kids at Oxbridge | Assisted dying | A quick baked potato It’s ironic for me that Ben Bradshaw should get a valedictory interview in the Guardian (‘I still think...
Labour should look to Switzerland and Finland for Great British Railways | Letters
Renationalisation must knit together a fragmented regime, says JONATHAN TYLER, while DAVID FELTON salutes Keir Starmer’s proposal The editorial on the Labour party’s proposals for our railw...
The Guardian view on local elections: voters aren’t listening to Tories, but are hearing Labour | Editorial
These were intensely domestic polls. But it was foreign affairs that caused Sir Keir Starmer trouble The results from local elections across England suggest that the Tories are on course to lo...
Local elections wipeout appears to be harbinger of doom for Rishi Sunak
With an estimated 25% vote share, Tory performance matches 1995 nadir reached under John Major Local and mayoral election results – live updates Results from local elections held across Engl...
Tories find reasons to be cheerful despite election bloodbath
On track to lose 500 council seats, Conservatives point to Labour’s failure to win control of Harlow council – by one seat LOCAL AND MAYORAL ELECTION RESULTS – LIVE UPDATES Some Conserva...
Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin | Jonathan Freedland
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 loca...
There are good reasons not to take local results as general election predictions
Current political map cannot be compared with the past, but there are warnings for Conservatives to heed nonetheless Local and mayoral election results – live updates Twelve months before Go...
Barrie Stead obituary
My friend Barrie Stead, who has died aged 88, was active in Labour politics in London for six decades, taking a great interest in the arts and education. Barrie stood twice for election to parl...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/03/barrie-stead-obituary
Ben Houchen’s Tees Valley mayoralty win offers Rishi Sunak a lifeline
Defeat could have spurred Conservative rebels to move against prime minister Local and mayoral election results – live updates The Conservatives have secured victory in one of the most high-...
'First-class win' for Labour in Blackpool, says Keir Starmer – video
Keir Starmer called the result in the Blackpool South byelection 'truly historic' after the party's candidate, Chris Webb, won the seat with the third biggest swing from the Conservative to Labou...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2024/may/03/win-labour-blackpool-keir-starmer-video
Tories in a ‘very tough situation’ after election losses, party chair admits
Conservative rebels say they lack support to oust Sunak as counts overnight show loss of 100 councillors and byelection defeat Local and mayoral election results – live updates The Conservat...
Labour's Chris Webb tells Sunak 'admit you've failed' after huge Blackpool win – video
Labour has won the Blackpool South byelection, marking the third biggest swing from the Conservatives to the party in postwar history. The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, hailed the result as 'seism...