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Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Local elections 2026: Labour to lose 75% of council seats, polling guru predicts

Labour will lose more than 75 per cent of the council seats the party is defending across the country in the upcoming local elections, a polling guru has predicted.

Lord Hayward said Sir Keir Starmer's party will be down some 1,850 councillors after the polls close on May 7.

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