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The Conservatives have suffered their worst electoral losses in '40 years', with five more councils still to declare and key mayoral results to come.

Local elections in England and Wales reveal significant losses for the Conservative Party, with Labour leading in opinion polls after scandals in Bori

LONDON (AP) -- Britains governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a U.K. general election that will take place in the coming months.

Earlier today, the Prime Minister suffered the indignity of seeing of seeing a Labour mayor win in his own constituency as the party hemorrhaged councils and seats.

The disastrous outcome of the local elections and the Blackpool by-election show that ousting Boris Johnson was a mistake

There are 11 mayors being elected.

Disillusionment with Conservative Party sees loss of 450 seats while Labour Party picks up 170 as vote count continues.

Labour won control of councils in England that the party hasn’t held for decades, and was successful in a special election for a seat in Parliament.

ANDREW PIERCE: The atmosphere in Downing Street was unbearably tense yesterday morning. Pictured: Rishi Sunak

Labour also lost some seats to independents, likely over the party's support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.