A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than 500,000 votes, wasjust 1,508, thats reflected in the percentages. You can see it here. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing look like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from
Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. And as very Big Questions as. And as even very Big Questions as. And as ever, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories well be discussing today by visiting gbnews. Com forward slash yours. Join that conversation there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews first of all though, heres the news with ray addison i thanks, darren. Good afternoon. 12 01 of our top stories. Sir keir starmer says the tories dont deserve to be in government for a moment longer. Thats after rishi sunak lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections, 102 of 107 councils have declared so far , councils have declared so far, with labour making major gains and the lib dems and the greens also doing well. Election expert sir john curtice says the final outcome could be the tories worst performance for 40 years, celebrating a mayoral vi
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No one should call this one too early. You wouldnt call a premier League Football match after about 30 minutes. And theres a lot more people whove got their view, too. Except you are at The End Of You are at the end of a government term. Thats fair. But people make a choice at the election, a very clear choice. Whos going to walk through the door of number ten the following morning. In dorset, the conservatives lost control of the council to the liberal democrats, who are second in terms of the number of seats won overall. But in some places, Labourface A Challenge from the greens. This is bristol, where they became the Biggest Party on the council, picking up every single seat in what will be one of their top target constituencies. These are huge steps forward for the green party. Theres now nine councils across the country where were the largest party. Large numbers of councils where greens are part of the ruling administration, often working with other parties, which were very happy
For labour, its the man who saw woke. Its a wonder he sleeps. Benjamin butterworth in the blue corner, trying to find some gloom among the wreckage. Its. Ill be. Rishi can still win this amankona. And in the spoilt ballot. I couldnt give a fig about any of them. Its the one and only ben. Leo trying to bnng and only ben. Leo trying to bring a bit of sanity to proceedings and making her debut on the show, i finally got another durham dynamo in the form of fleur meston. And of course we want to know your views as well. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay vie. And dont forget all your questions. They need to come in thick and fast for our ask the five segment, where you can ask us anything. But before we start tearing each other apart, its your saturday night news with sam francis. Sam francis. Darren. Thank you and very good evening to you. Its just gone 6 00 and well start with the latest developments in the local elections and to london, where labours