Lets speak to our scotland Political Correspondent, jenni davidson. Jennl jenni, for those of us that dont follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record of has a bit of a track record of challenges to the snp leadership. He is a former lawyer. Last year he stood against former snp msp and former government minister mike russell for the snp presidency. And quite memorably, he also described the snps Independence Policy as flatulence in a trance, whatever that might mean im not quite sure. So we have been Hearing Reports in the last couple of days that Graeme Mccormick is planning to challenge john swinney for the snp leadership. It had looke
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing looked like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conserva
Richard parker, narrowly beat the conservative s Andy Street Who had served two terms in the role. The labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, was re elected for a historic third term. Overall, the conservatives lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections in england. This morning, the transport secretary, mark harper, said while the results were disappointing, the General Election was still all to play for. But speaking to the bbc, Suella Braverman insisted her party here is this report from our correspondence, damian grammaticas. Its a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. The shudder through conservatives. Tie Conservative Shudder through conservatives. Tue Conservative Party candidate, 224082. , Conservative Party candidate, 224082. ,. , 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands mayoral 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands mayoral race. I 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands mayoral race. Al
Of their europa conference newsnight at 10 30pm, Election Night fever as the bbc gets ready to report the results of a last big vote before the General Election. Will it be boomtime for starmer or doom time the sunak . Good evening. The polls have just closed in local elections across england and wales, the biggest test of political opinion, ahead of the General Election. Police and Crime Commissioners will also being chosen, there are mayoral elections, and a by election in Blackpool South. All the results will be coming in over the next couple of days, with Party Leaders looking for indications, of what a General Election might bring. Well chris is here with his take on what we should be looking out for, over the next 48 hours. Chris. Evening, clive. For the last 15 hours, millions of decisions have been taken and thousands of aspiring Decision Makers politicians await their fate. This is a Patchwork Set of elections around england and wales with a long tail of results, going on unti