Britain’s opposition Labor won Thursday’s by-election in the Blackpool South constituency, taking one seat from the ruling Conservatives. The left is also faring significantly better than the ruling party in the ongoing local election count, which is seen as the last major test of voter sentiment before parliamentary elections, which are expected to be held at the turn of the year.
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7:31 am May 3, 2024
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The leader of the Labor Party Keir Starmer and his wife are heading to the elections in London | Photo: Toby Melville | Source: Reuters
Labor candidate Chris Webb won 58.9 percent of the vote, while his conservative rival David Jones only got 17.5 percent, according to results published by British media. In 2019, the conservative Scott Benton triumphed in this district, but he gave up his mandate prematurely after last year’s corruption scandal.
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According to the media, 26 percent of voters switched from the Conservatives to the Labor Party against the last election, which is one of the most significant overflows of sympathy in many years.
The Conservatives have long trailed in the polls and suffered heavy defeats in several other parliamentary by-elections in recent months. Further losses are expected to increase pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave office early.
Labor’s triumphs are also indicated by the interim results of the municipal elections. In them, the English elect over 2,500 members of municipal councils. Shortly after 6:00 a.m. CET, the left-wing opposition secured 295 seats, an improvement of 57 seats compared to the previous election. The conservatives, on the other hand, lost 115 seats and have so far won only 110 elected representatives. The third-place Liberal Democrats improved with 94 seats, as did independent candidates with 58.
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Labour’s Sadiq Khan is expected to defend the post of mayor of London, securing a third term in office. Labor is also likely to remain in charge in Manchester and Liverpool.
But rather than the big cities, the focus is on the West Midlands and Tees Valley regions in the central and northeastern parts of England, where regional Tory mayors Andy Street and Ben Houchen are seeking re-election. They defend the posts at a time when the Conservative Party is performing its worst in national polls in decades, with its preferences falling below 20 percentage points.
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