electoral success, because the evidence is not there that that is the case. ., ., , evidence is not there that that is the case. , evidence is not there that that is the case. ., .,, ., the case. yvette cooper saying that keir starmer s the case. yvette cooper saying that keir starmer s leadership the case. yvette cooper saying that keir starmer s leadership has - keir starmer s leadership has detoxified the brand in some parts of the country, citing the issue of anti semitism in issues cash in places like barnet, but around the rest of the country labour needs to win seats in the north of england, and we will come unto scotland in just a moment. there does obviously seem to be a lot of antipathy now towards boris johnson seem to be a lot of antipathy now towards borisjohnson and the conservative party, but are they embracing labour? conservative party, but are they embracing labour? well, this is the key question embracing labour? well, this is the key question going embr
progress here. elsewhere in the west midlands, there has been a lot of focus on the former redwall seats, in the black country, big, urban areasjust outside of in the black country, big, urban areas just outside of birmingham. because they were up by thirds, i keep telling people this, we were not expecting to see huge shifts. we were not expecting. the maths meant that labour was not going to sweep in and take control, take control back of some councils like dudley and walsall. just to give you an update on some of the results we had overnight, labour retain control in roehampton and coventry. dudley, very much still in conservative control. that is one of the areas that really went blue in terms of parliamentary votes. but labour are having their best result there since 2016. so, maybe a little green shoots for the labour party in party in dudley. in sandwell as well. this is an interesting one. west brom, the former stomping ground of tom watson, former deputy leader. that
big unitary authority, so it is a big unitary authority, so it is a big election, come what may, and a really big test. the conservatives have run the county council for 13 years, and they were hoping to repeat that success at this election. the lib dems, though, had a good district council election three years ago, when they won three out of four districts. that sets the scene going into this election, and really big stakes, because, yes, somerset with a big new council, 110 members being elected, a big battle between the two. having been out and about over the last few weeks, it was sometimes hard to see the conservatives putting up posters and placards, talking to voters they might say they would normally vote conservative but not at the moment. going into the election, the lib dems talking about local issues, but happy to remind voters about the trials and tribulations of boris
certainly not universal. yeah, what we re hearing from yvette cooper is an example of the kind of stories that the party is always hope to spin the morning after results come in. each party will point to something that they see as a success, but the reality is that most of the time tends to be a mixed bag, and we have certainly seen a mixed bag for labour today, in areas like, as you talked about in london, barnet, wandsworth, particularly westminster, to see those go to labour is a big psychological success. but for labour not to go in sheffield, for instance, that is the kind of place the show to have and indeed would have hoped to have won. and so yvette cooper is presenting this as a turning point, but it may be more of a talking point, and i don t think we re quite yet at the stage where labour can say this is the beginning of ourjourney towards
area has three out of four mps as conservatives. in last year s local elections, from a position of zero, the conservatives took nine seats on sandwell council. talking to the conservatives in the run up to the election, they were still thinking they could make gains. as it turns out, that is not the case. we are still in the same position. labour might look on that as being some kind of positive news, because the conservatives, that tide has maybe been stemmed in those areas. in other parts of the region, we had an interesting result in lost overnight. that counsel, run by the conservatives with a majority of just one after they took four seats from labour in the last local elections, it has gone back to non overall control. some success for the greens. i know labour and the greens will be chatting about running it in coalition over the weekend. the greens having the balance of power on the council.