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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

Tories could lose over 1,000 seats at May local elections, election experts say

Rishi Sunak's Tories risk losing more than 1,000 council seats at the local elections in May, according to a new analysis.

Elections experts Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher said Keir Starmer's Labour Party could scoop 700 seats if there is a swing of 6% from the Conservatives.

The result would be dire for Mr Sunak and could potentially reignite the civil war within the Tory Party - just a year out from a general election.

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