AS OXFORDSHIRE heads to the polls today, our newspaper shares the important message to go and use your vote. Across the UK, local elections are taking place on May 6 and in Oxfordshire that includes the county council, district councils, and choosing a new Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley Police force.
Oxford Mail editor Pete Gavan said: “I’d encourage each and every one of you to get out and vote today. “Whether it’s the local council or the police and crime commissioner polls, these are positions that relate to all of us and the only way of making sure your voice is heard is to cast your vote.”
AS OXFORDSHIRE heads to the polls today, our newspaper shares the important message to go and use your vote. Across the UK, local elections are taking place on May 6 and in Oxfordshire that includes the county council, district councils, and choosing a new Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley Police force. Oxford Mail editor Pete Gavan said: “I’d encourage each and every one of you to get out and vote today. “Whether it’s the local council or the police and crime commissioner polls, these are positions that relate to all of us and the only way of making sure your voice is heard is to cast your vote.”
Parties have been making their final election campaign visits across Wales, with leaders saying the pandemic has continued to dominate their conversations with voters.
Voting in the 2021 Welsh Parliament election will begin at 7am on Thursday, though counting will not take place until Friday due to coronavirus restrictions.
On Wednesday, Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford visited Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as areas of his Cardiff West constituency, and said his party had felt a “real sense of momentum” in the last week.
He told the PA news agency: “We’ve had more and more people come out to help, teams and teams of Labour canvassers out on the doorstep, and the feeling on the doorstep is warm.
What are the Hartlepool by-election results?
Full results for the Hartlepool by-election in 2021, which was called after the resignation of the Labour MP, Mike Hill
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The Conservatives have taken the seat of Hartlepool in the 2021 by-election.
Tory candidate Jill Mortimer has won the seat with 15,529 votes to Labour candidate Dr Paul Williams 8,589, securing a majority of 6,940 votes.