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While the overriding national media narrative following Thursday’s elections is of a reignited Labour civil war and triumph for Boris Johnson, it could be that this set of elections’ biggest long-term impact is on the position of mayor. Beyond the Hartlepool parliamentary by-election, the polls’ theme of Tory triumph is surely best expressed through two Conservative mayoral victories. Ben Houchen won the Tees Valley CA election by a whisker in 2017 but a country mile this time around. His...

Labour bags 10 of 13 mayoral elections across England Top Story May 10, 2021 LONDON: Labour has dominated the mayoral elections, claiming 10 of the 13 posts being contested in cities and metropolitan regions across England. The Tories have won two of the contests so far, and West Yorkshire, which will be electing a mayor for the first time this year, was yet to return a result. Labour’s winners include Sadiq Khan, who described being re-elected for London as “the absolute honour of my lif...

Labour has dominated the mayoral elections, claiming 10 of the 13 posts being contested in cities and metropolitan regions across England. The Tories have won two of the contests so far, and West Yorkshire, which will be electing a mayor for the first time this year, is yet to return a result. Labour’s winners include Sadiq Khan, who described being re-elected for London as “the absolute honour of my life”, and pledged to “build a better and brighter future” for the city during his se...

Labour has dominated the mayoral elections, claiming 11 of the 13 posts being contested in cities and metropolitan regions across England. Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin MP became the final Labour candidate to win a post on Sunday evening, becoming the first mayor for West Yorkshire. Labour’s winners include Sadiq Khan, who described being re-elected for London as “the absolute honour of my life”, and pledged to “build a better and brighter future” for the city during h...

The headline results of the local elections in England are clearly bleak for Labour and rosy for the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats are, in effect treading water, while the Greens and independents have made some gains in terms of numbers of councillors. But these are the aggregate council results. The top-level masks so many discrepancies. When listening to so much of the media coverage about these local elections, many candidates and councillors must get disheartened. They campaign as vi...

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Mr Norris received the most first and second preference votes, with a total of 125,482. He beat Conservative candidate Samuel Williams, who received 85,389 votes, by 40,093 votes. The seat, created in 2017, was previously held by Conservative Tim Bowles, who did not seek a second term. Mr Norris praised Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer after the results were declared at the SS Great Britain in Bristol on Saturday. “I’m very proud of our region, it’s a great region but it could be even bette...

The post has been held by Conservative Tim Bowles since it was created in 2017.