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with me are the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, transport secretary mark harper, and liberal democrat olly grender. yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the tees valley mayoralty for a third term. you will know if you have been following all the election results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the blackpool south by election. there are a lot of people, of course, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. let s just get a thought, first of all, from our panel. so far, how disappointed are you? fin panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . . . panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . , , panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . , . .,y you? on the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing you? on the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing to you? on the cancer losses, ....
south tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. we knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so that ll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the transport secretary who has just joined us and jonathan reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the liberal democrats and we will talk to you in a while. let s tell you where things have got to in the total tally. where things have got to in the totaltally. labour where things have got to in the total tally. labour have a9, gaining one and the conservatives 19, losing 15. the lib dems 16. one and the conservatives 19, losin ....
time. they have lost around half the council seats they were defending, similar to how they performed in 1995. two years later, they were crushed at the general election. labour, the green party, lib dems, they made gains. blackpool south huge swing from the conservatives. the story of the night, here is damian grammaticas.- the story of the night, here is damian grammaticas. labour party, 10,825. cheering and applause blackpool south a little before 5am and a decisive labour victory. they were confident of emerging winners at the by election, but this was emphatic. at the by-election, but this was em - hatic. , ., at the by-election, but this was emhatic. , ., at the by-election, but this was emphatic at the by-election, but this was emhatic. , ., ., , emphatic. they have said to rishi sunak and the emphatic. they have said to rishi sunak and the conservatives, - emphatic. they have said to rishi| sunak and the conservatives, they have had sunak and the conservati ....
yes, hello and welcome. it is going to be an extremely busy afternoon, as the results tumble in from all over the country. we have two thirds of the results from the local authorities in england, still to come in. mayoral contest from across the country, that will influence the mood within the two main parties. and the police and crime commissioners and england and wales. 50 commissioners and england and wales. so far, broadly speaking, it has been a bad night for the conservatives, as expected. the question is, just how bad, as more results come in and a good night for the labour party, which have to be if they want these results to provide a bedrock ahead of the general election. that was underlined, their success, and illustrated with the by election win in blackpool south, with a very impressive swing away from the conservatives to labour. as we said there, in the headlines at the top of the programme, we are expecting that all result from tees valley and the mayoral cont ....
the full picture. so far it looks like the conservatives are having a tough time. they have lost half the councils they were defending, similar to how they performed in 1995, and two years after that, they were crushed at the general election. labour, the greens and the liberal democrats all made gains. and labour are celebrating a victory in the blackpool south by election, with a huge swing from the conservatives. with the story of the night, here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. ..commonly known as chris, labour party 10,825. cheering blackpool south, a little before 5am, and a decisive labour victory. they were confident of emerging winners in the by election, but this was emphatic. they have said to rishi sunak and to the conservatives they ve had enough. they ve had enough for 1h years of the conservatives being in power. they have lost trust of the british people and blackpool has had enough of this failed government. the conservatives, who had held th ....