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
In the four remaining regional mayor races including Greater Manchester and the West Midlands where the tories will be hoping andy street can cling on. And, we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as ten police and crime commissioners. One, of course, was linked to South Yorkshire. In the past half an hour, Steve Rotheram was declared the win er of the mayoral contest in liverpool. Here he is speaking shortly after his victory was announced about what this result represents. Today the people in our area have not only spoken, they have hollered at the top of their voices with two simple and clear messages to the government, enough is enough and, locally, labour is delivering in power. Up and down this country, ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagementand ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagement and decline the tories have resided over. Despite this, though, we are getting on with thejob this, though, w