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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 fr ....
About their parties fortunes. Heres a little of what they had to say. We want that General Election and were confident going into the General Election. Because what this by election shows is that the country wants change. This is a very clear divide, weve had 1a years of failure and decline, weve got chaos and division from the tories. People want to turn the page on that and go forward with labour and our positive plan for the country. Obviously, its disappointing to lose good, Hard Working Conservative counsellors and im grateful to them for all their service in local government, keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. But weve still got lots of results to come as well, which is great, and there are also things that i would point to harlow for example, where keir starmer held a ....
But so far, it looks like the conservatives are having a rough time. Theyve lost around half of the Council Seats they were defending thats similar to how they performed in 1995, two years before they were crushed at a 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, heres 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. Th ....