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UK ruling party scores shock win in opposition stronghold Fri 07th May 2021 | 12:10 PM
London, May 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2021 ) :Prime Minister Boris Johnson s Conservatives scored an upset victory in an opposition stronghold Friday, after Britain held its first major electoral test since Brexit and the coronavirus crisis.
The Super Thursday regional and local elections could reshape the UK as pro-independence forces in Scotland bid to break away. Results for the Scottish Parliament are due on Saturday.
But early resultsfrom England on Friday showed that the Conservatives had won the parliamentary seat of Hartlepool in the north of the country, a deep blow to the oppositionLabour Party and its leader Keir Starmer.
Count begins in Scotland with IndyRef2 on a knife edge
Holyrood election result will shape Scotland s potential journey towards second independence referendum sought by SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon
8 May 2021 • 1:36am
Counting has started in the Scottish Parliament election, with more than half of the country s constituencies expected to declare on Friday.
As of 1am on Saturday May 8, 48 council areas have been declared, with the SNP maintaining a strong majority of 39 seats, having gained two.
The Lib Dems follow with four and the Tories with three. Labour currently have two seats and have lost East Lothian to the SNP.
The result will shape Scotland s journey towards a potential second independence referendum, dubbed IndyRef2.
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Friday, 07 May 2021 12:57 PM MYT
Ballots for the local elections are counted at Mill House Leisure Centre, in Hartlepool, Britain May 7, 2021. Reuters pic
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LONDON, May 7 Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives scored an upset victory in an opposition stronghold Friday, after Britain held its first major electoral test since Brexit and the coronavirus crisis.
The “Super Thursday” regional and local elections could reshape the UK as pro-independence forces in Scotland bid to break away. Results for the Scottish Parliament are due on Saturday.
But early results from England on Friday showed that the Conservatives had won the parliamentary seat of Hartlepool in the north of the country, a deep blow to the opposition Labour Party and its leader Keir Starmer.