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THE winner of the Vale of Glamorgan seat in the 2021 Senedd election is Jane Hutt. Jane Hutt, of Welsh Labour, won with 43.52 per cent of counted votes in the Vale and will now continue to represent the constituency at the Senedd, as she has done since the Welsh Parliament was formed in 1999. The turnout for the Vale of Glamorgan in the Senedd election has been at its highest since the Senedd was formed in 1999 – 43,090 people in the Vale voted equating to 54.11 per cent turnout. Comparatively, in 2016, which was the previously highest turnout for the Vale there were 37,932 votes equating to 53.1 per cent turnout.
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The Labour Party today blamed the coronavirus pandemic for restricting the opportunities for its politicians to campaign across Britain after the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories in the local elections.
The post-mortem deepened for Sir Keir Starmer s party today with results now in from 84 of 143 English councils. The Tories recorded a net gain of seven authorities and 173 seats, while Labour had a net loss of four and 164.
Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000, while Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley with a whopping 73 per cent share of the vote.