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.
Britain’s Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, center, and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, celebrate with David Skaith at Northallerton Town Football Club, North Yorkshire, after winning the York and North Yorkshire mayoral election, Friday May 3, 2024.LONDON — Britain’s 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.
For Labour leader Keir Starmer, it’s generally been a stellar set of results, though in some areas with large Muslim populations, such as Blackburn and Oldham in northwest England, the party’s candidates appear to have suffered as a result of the leadership’s strongly pro-Israel stance in the war in Gaza.
Starmer went to Blackpool, a coastal resort town, to congratulate Webb and urged Sunak to call a general election. Sunak has the power to decide on the date, and has indicated that it will be in the second half of 2024. John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, said that the Conservatives are losing around half of the seats they are defending.
Labour won in areas that voted for Britain’s departure from the European Union in 2016 and where it had been crushed by Brexit-backer Johnson, such as Hartlepool in the northeast of England, and Thurrock in southeast England. It also seized control of Rushmoor, a leafy and military-heavy council in the south of England where it had never won.
Sunak will be hoping Andy Street will remain mayor of the West Midlands when that result is announced on Saturday. Labour’s Sadiq Khan is expected to remain London’s mayor, though there are some concerns being voiced that a low turnout may see him lose to Conservative opponent Susan Hall.
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