The doorstep here. that trust needs to be brought back. one thing to mention, there was another by election here in west yorkshire, just last year, the batley and spen by election. the sister ofjo cox won that by 322 votes, the conservatives came very close to snatching that traditional labour seat. could that story play out again here? there is a lot of trust to be rebuilt with the communities. it is about levelling up, regeneration, it is about investing in local transport. these are the things local people want to see. ultimately, it is about that trust in the main leadership.- ultimately, it is about that trust in the main leadership. thank you very much. in the main leadership. thank you very much. in in the main leadership. thank you very much, in wakefield. - in the main leadership. thank you very much, in wakefield. as - in the main leadership. thank you very much, in wakefield. as she l in the main leadership. thank you i very much, in wakefield. as she was saying, all eye
Seats labour have won this new council, 12 seats gained, and what is really important seats gained, and what is really important about this, what labour will take important about this, what labour will take heart from, is that this is a part will take heart from, is that this is a part of will take heart from, is that this is a part of the country with crucial is a part of the country with crucial swing states that the conservatives only won in 2017, you might conservatives only won in 2017, you might remember copeland, the canary in the might remember copeland, the canary in the coat might remember copeland, the canary in the coal mine in 2017, the by election, won by the conservatives, one of the first breaks conservatives, one of the first breaks of conservatives, one of the first breaks of the blue wall to fall. workington man you might remember from the workington man you might remember from the 2019 general election, and according from the 2019 general electio
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Politics, particularly in labour northern areas, like greater manchester. labour still have the majority here, eating away at their majority. if we look at somewhere like cumberland, important in parliamentary terms, that s about as far as it gets. it is difficult to chart a course. but we will have more information coming over the course of the morning. two to keep your eye on, wakefield you have talked about, important because of the glimmer, the tantalising limit might give us for the upcoming by election, which i would suggest is a must win for keir starmer s leadership. this is an interesting one. newcastle under lyme, in staffordshire, it is one of the only so called redwall burrows where all of the seats are up for election, as you will see in so many of these places it is just a third, which makes it hard to get an accurate extrapolation. all of the seats are up extrapolation. all of the seats are up in newcastle under lyme. the
Contested. 15 of those are currently held by labour. five by the tories. potentially, the tories could be wiped out with those five seats today, and that could cause a serious dent for them in terms of the wider picture. in some ways, what is going to happen after the count is finished is going to be the real story. we are going to be finishing around 5.30, the final declaration of the results. wakefield has a seat that was a parliamentary seat that was labour held for 87 years, a real heartland. there is a by election looming. before the ink has dried on the paperwork here, campaigners will be out on the by election trail. imran ahmad khan the former sitting mp, has resigned after his conviction for historic sexual assault. campaigning is going to start very soon. speculation, really, around who can be brought in as a candidate. we know for labour that