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
You lost significantly. 0verturning the majority is an historic win for the labour party, even in terms of by elections and it was said that they needed a 17.9% swing and they have done that. that would definitely look like a majority. if that were replicated in other parts of the country, in a general election next year. i the country, in a general election next year. i would say this is a by-election election next year. i would say this is a by-election as - election next year. i would say this is a by-election as well, i this is a by election as well, and there were specific local factors, as we can see from the results across the three results across the three results tonight that they are very different results playing out in different parts of the country with very different local factors. country with very different localfactors. but i country with very different local factors. but i think people in selby and ainsty, we have to get better at ensuring that we get our message ac
Over7000. somerton where borisjohnson was the mp, just over 7000. somerton and fromejust over 7000. somerton and fromejust over 19,000. over 7000. somerton and fromejust over19,000. in north over 7000. somerton and fromejust over 19,000. in north yorkshire, selby and ainsty, just over 20,000. make sense of that for us in context, john. 0ne one way is to remind ourselves that the 18 point lead labour have in the opinion polls is the equivalent of a 15% swing from conservative to labour. in uxbridge and south ruislip, the swing required for labour to win is only 7.5%, in other words, half the national swing. even allowing for local factors, this words, half the national swing. even allowing for localfactors, this is allowing for localfactors, this is a seat labour made relative progress in 2015, 2017, 2019, compared with national performance, the row about the low emissions zone. even so, it is frankly a constituency labour should win. a constituency on everybody s list of seats labour
Parliament against the prime minister who has been widely criticised for plenty of things including dishonesty and the rest of it, you have a cost of living crisis and you have had the partygate scandal rolling on. you shouldn t be losing anything like 3% in a place like that surely. losing anything like 396 in a place like that surely. losing anything like 396 in a place like that surely. what s wrong with that? huw, like that surely. what s wrong with that? huw. we like that surely. what s wrong with that? huw, we have like that surely. what s wrong with that? huw, we have won like that surely. what s wrong with i that? huw, we have won sunderland. there were suggestions we might lose it. we got a 43% share of devout. if we get a 43% share across the country you are talking to the next foreign secretary, i will be a happy man. it looks like when you get down to granular details of course these are local elections, there will be local factors. are local elections, there will