Britain's ruling Conservatives lost a parliamentary seat to the main Labour opposition Friday, as the country awaited local election..
A member of the Labour Party talks to a voter outside of a polling station near Russell Square, central London London, during the local elections, on May 2, 2024. – Polls opened across the UK for local and mayoral elections. The polls are the last major electoral test before a general election that Sunak’s party, in power since 2010, seems destined to lose to the Labour opposition.
The vote, triggered by a lobbying scandal that saw the area’s Conservative MP resign, took place as voters cast ballots on Thursday in a mix of council, mayoral and other local contests across England. The polls represent the last major ballot box test before Sunak goes to the country in a nationwide vote expected in the second half of the year.
The capital’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan is expected to win a record third term easily, but mayoral contests in the West Midlands and Tees Valley, in northeast England, are predicted to be tight. But with the Tories under fire nationally, on issues from water pollution to transport and inflation, Street and Houchen have distanced themselves from the party during the campaign.
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