And they came a close third to the conservatives. Heres the result their candidate came in just 117 votes behind their conservative rival securing 17 of the vote. I spoke to the leader of reform uk richard tice and asked him if he was pleased with the result or frustrated not to have done better. It would have been great, but nevertheless, we are delighted with 17 , its above our National Polling average, our best by election result, and what it shows actually, with great local candidates, more and more people are hearing about reform uk and they like the message they hear, and everybody knew labour would win this but if you look at the collapse in the tory vote, they went from 50 down to 17 . This is a seismic shift. What about the idea for voters that actually you did very well Given National vote share and the things you mentioned, nobody will dispute that, but its still nowhere near actually winning a seat, so what does that say to voters in the area . That says we have the wrong E
For the reform party. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, called the result seismic. The result seismic. The counting is also underway as london decides its next mayor, will sadiq khan , make mayor, will sadiq khan, make a third term . Eyes also on key red wall areas in the West Midlands and the tees valley in eight regional battles , with lawless regional battles, with lawless britain dominating the headlines , 38 police and Crime Commissioners are also being elected across england and wales. Currently, the conservatives and labour have one each in the declared results so far , all declared results so far, all results across all elections as we get them throughout the day on gb news today, with quite a bit of wet weather across the country, but the far south should be brighter than yesterday and again, north west scotland doing okay for spring sunshine. The weathers staying pretty mixed as we go into the Long Bank Holiday weekend. Join me later for a full forecast. Also coming up for
But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
He praised them for Running Towards Danger to protect others, and goes on to say that from the bottom of his heart. We have also heard from the local mp and the labour leader, keir starmer, saying all four news coming from hainault, thoughts are with the victims, thankful for the First Responders on scene. Awful news coming from hainault. You can see the police filling that quiet street, it is now a lot quieter. These are the pictures, the latest pictures from the police helicopter, but we have had lots of vision throughout the morning coming in from members of the public who woke to these terrifying scenes. The Police Commissioner has acknowledged the terror people would have felt looking at this scene first thing in the morning and how terrifying that would have been. So ijust want to run through some of the latest things we know in case you are just joining us. Five people had been taken to hospital, there were multiple ambulances sent to the scene and all five people who were treat