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Bartley notes that his party polled higher than the Liberal Democrats, long seen as England’s third party, in “virtually every mayoral election”, including in London where fellow co-leader Sian Berry came third, with 7.8% of the first-round vote, ahead of the Liberal Democrats’ Luisa Porritt on 4.4%, Overall, in England’s local elections, the Green Party increased its number of councillors by 88 to 151. But Chris Mason, political correspondent for BBC News, says: “We should be clear: that’s a rise from a very small number, to a slightly bigger small number.” While the Greens have gained councillors, they have not gained any councils, whereas the Lib Dems came out of last week’s election with 586 councillors and seven councils. The Green Party also failed to win any seats in the Welsh Senedd, although the Scottish Greens, a separate organisation from its English and Welsh counterpart, won eight seats in Holyrood, double the Lib Dems’ total, help ....
London Mayor Sadiq Khan re-elected for second term He became the first Muslim Mayor of London in 2016 By Sameer| Updated: 9th May 2021 8:13 am IST London Mayor Sadiq Khan London: Labour Party’s Sadiq Khan will continue to serve as Mayor of London as he has been re-elected for a second term. After second round of counting, 55.2 percent of votes was in favour of Khan whereas, his opponent Shaun Bailey of Conservative Party received 44.8 percent of votes. According to a report published in the Guardian, at the end of counting of first preference votes, the number of votes in favour of Khan was 1,013, 721 whereas, Bailey had received 893,051 votes. Green Party’s Sian Berry secured 197,976 votes and Liberal Democrats’ Luisa Porritt had 111,716 votes. ....