Category: Politics

The Conservative candidate has secured his third term as Tees Valley Mayor. Source link

The party came third in the Blackpool South by-election, just 117 votes behind the Conservatives. Source link

Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis was challenged by Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth as local election results began to show a bad night for the Tories. Mr Ashworth suggested that Mr Gullis would lose his Stoke-on-Trent seat if one of last night’s results was replicated in his area at the next general election. Source link

Here’s what you need to know after results from around a third of councils and the Blackpool South by-election. Source link

Reform UK party leader Richard Tice told the BBC that his party is becoming the “real opposition to the Labour Party” in parts of England and Wales. Mr Tice’s remarks come after a bad night for the Conservatives in the local elections. Find out the latest results here. Source link

Conservative Party Chairman Richard Holden has described the election results so far as “disappointing”. Speaking on BBC Breakfast he said: “My heart goes out to a lot of my Conservative colleagues who I’ve been campaigning with out across the country who’ve lost their seats overnight”. He added: “Overall a disappointing night for us but that’s...

Andrea Leadsom calls on Tories to suspend a former council leader due to claims of domestic abuse. Source link

Labour have won the Blackpool South by-election, taking the seat from the Conservatives. Labour leader Keir Starmer says the result “sends a message” to Rishi Sunak, and calls on the prime minister to “make way”. Follow live local election coverage here. Source link

Labour wins overall control on the borough council, with the Conservatives losing 11 seats. Source link

Catch-up on some key election results from Thursday night. Source link