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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 his second term. Labour’s Sadiq Khan is hugged by one of his daughters (Victoria Jones/PA) His batt...

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 vigorously as possible, only for everyone to obsess about what the results mean for Keir Starmer and B...

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

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 better,” Mr Norris said. It's a huge honour to be elected. Thank you. I will show the difference an act...

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