The tees valley mayoral win for the conservatives appears to buy time for the Prime Minister with his own party. But is he Running Out Of Time with the country . Well have in depth analysis of the votes. Good evening. Two very different moods tonight in the conservative and labour camps after the local and mayoral elections. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after whats been a painful set of results so far for his party some of the worst tory losses in england for decades. On the other side, labour arejubilant, cock a whoop at their gains across the country, including in the Blackpool South by election, overturning a conservative majority with a colossal 26 swing. Well, this the latest state of play, with the conservatives having lost a36 councillors, and labour gaining 169 so far. Well dig deep into the numbers and look at what the results could mean for the coming General Election. As ever, to guide us through it all, chris mason. Chris, it has
With me are the bbc s deputy Political Editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, Transport Secretary mark harper, and Liberal Democrat olly grender. Yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a third term. You will know if you have been following all the Election Results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the Blackpool South by election. There are a lot of people, of course, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. Lets just get a thought, first of all, from our panel. So far, how disappointed are you . fin panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . Panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . , panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . ,. ,y you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing to you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
Time. They have lost around half the Council Seats they were defending, similar to how they performed in 1995. Two years later, they were crushed at the General Election. Labour, the green party, lib dems, they made gains. Blackpool south huge swing from the conservatives. The story of the night, here is damian grammaticas. The story of the night, here is damian grammaticas. Labour party, 10,825. Cheering and applause Blackpool South a little before 5am and a decisive labour victory. They were confident of emerging winners at the by election, but this was emphatic. At the byelection, but this was em hatic. ,. , at the byelection, but this was emhatic. ,. , at the byelection, but this was emphatic at the byelection, but this was emhatic. ,. ,. , emphatic. They have said to rishi sunak and the emphatic. They have said to rishi sunak and the conservatives, emphatic. They have said to rishi| sunak and the conservatives, they have had sunak and the conservatives, they have had enough. They
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