Confirming predictions, the Conservative Party suffered a crushing defeat in Thursday’s local elections and also lost a seat in parliament in a by-election. The formation, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, would be left with hundreds of fewer seats in English councils.
Expect that The Tories Pollster John Curtis told the BBC that they would lose “basically half the seats they were holding”. In other words, close to 500 locations. It would, in his opinion, be “one of the worst, if not the worst, performance of the Conservatives in local government in the last 40 years”.
The results will be phased in on Saturday afternoon, but that hasn’t stopped the Liberal Democrats’ deputy leader from defending the prospect of parliamentary elections later this year. “Rishi Sunak should listen to the country and hold parliamentary elections immediately,” said Daisy Cooper, whose party has had good results in local elections. “The series of victories of the liberals continues, we are ready to defeat the conservative representatives and, finally, we will send this chaotic government,” Cooper assured, as quoted by “The Guardian” newspaper.
As of 7:30am this Friday, the Conservatives have lost 96 seats since the last election in 2021. The entire opposition except the Reformers gained seats (Labour, 58; Greens, 14; Liberals, 12; Other Forces, 12). The party lost a councilor (extreme right).
A less conservative MP
In the early hours of the morning it was announced that the largest opposition Labor party had won the by-election for the House of Commons in Blackpool South. Lobbying corruption.
Voters punished Sunak’s party, which saw David Jones come second by a whisker, just 117 votes ahead of the Reformers and more than 7,000 votes ahead of winner Chris Webb. Labor leader Keir Starmer is talking about a “truly historic result” celebrating the recovery of a constituency his party held between 1992 and 2019 and Labor’s defeat in Conservative Boris Johnson’s wave of victories in 2019.
Labour’s Chris Webb speaks after winning the by-election for Blackpool South MP
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“Prime Minister, be polite, admit you’ve lost and hold an election,” Webb urged in his victory speech. “People are getting fed up because nothing seems to be working”, he continued, praising people who “left the house and voted for change with Labour, instead of giving up”.
Sunak has yet to comment. The Acting Chairman is the target of rumors that he could be replaced before the assembly polls if his performance in the local body polls is too poor. According to “The Telegraph” newspaper, expert Curtis predicted it would be “little short of catastrophic”.
The leader of the Conservative Party (a non-leadership role), Richard Holden, admitted the results were “much worse” than those achieved in 2021. “A tough night for the conservatives”, he admitted, then tried to kill anyone who thought to protect Sunak. “There is no doubt,” he says, that he will lead the legislative campaign. “The Prime Minister will continue to lead the Conservative Party into the next election,” he told Times Radio.
Boris Johnson almost didn’t vote
Results are very partial with only 34 municipalities known. The number of borough mayors, several police commissioners and direct elections to the Municipal Assembly and London Council is still to be known.
Election Day was marked by incidents related to a new rule requiring voters to present a photo ID to vote. Many military veterans went to vote thinking their senior card would do the trick, but were turned away. The government has already promised to review the legislation to include this document in the accepted documents.
In an embarrassing situation, the person who promoted this requirement was on the verge of not being able to vote because he did not provide the documents: former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson (2019-22), who would later exercise his right. . Tom Hunt, a deputy from the same party, also appeared at the polling station without papers.
The British Electoral Commission warned of the potential disproportionate effect of the new law, which would mainly prevent poor people, the disabled or ethnic minorities from voting. In last year’s locations, 4% of non-voters said it was due to problems with identity documents. “Our initial assessment suggests that the elections were well managed and millions of voters were able to exercise their democratic rights”, however, the commission’s spokesperson assured.
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