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Could this be the closest London mayoral election ever?

City Hall editor Ross Lydall looks at what the key factors are that could result in a relatively low-key campaign ending in a nail-biting finish

Evening Standard

Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – as it happened

Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool today

The Guardian - UK

London mayoral election results LIVE: Sadiq Khan 'beyond humbled' as he wins historic third term in City Hall

Labour incumbent outscores Tory Susan Hall in nine of the 14 constituencies declaring their results on Saturday

Evening Standard

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London mayoral election: Capital awaits result amid signs of close race between Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall

Turnout falls in Labour heartlands and rises in those favouring the Tories - suggesting result could be close run on Saturday night

Evening Standard

London mayoral election: Key boroughs to watch for Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall as capital holds its breathe

Counting in the London mayoral and assembly elections will begin on Saturday morning

Evening Standard

‘Tories are woeful’: Lib Dems a whisker away from Wokingham majority

Tactical voting delivers only a near-victory for party in council election in the traditionally Conservative Berkshire stronghold

The Guardian - UK

Ben Houchen victory bucks anti-Tory trend as Labour wins three mayoral contests

Wins in East Midlands, North East, and York and North Yorkshire suggest Labour on course for general election success

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Labour Demands UK Election After Routing Tories In Local Polls

Britain's Labour party on Friday urged beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election, after making huge gains in English polls that included a seat in parliament.

International Business Times

Big Tory losses but no Labour landslide. What might happen at Westminster? – a visual analysis

Tory representation has imploded, but Labour’s gains have not been seismic. These charts show what this may signal for a general election

The Guardian - UK

Labour celebrates victories but loses ground in urban and heavily Muslim areas

Party did better in places it had lost since 2016 but one commentator called it ‘progress at a price’

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives crushed by ‘worst local election result’ in years

Spread of Tory losses leads former minister to say there’s ‘no such thing as a safe seat any more’

The Guardian - UK

Labour should look to Switzerland and Finland for Great British Railways

Letters: Renationalisation must knit together a fragmented regime, says Jonathan Tyler, while David Felton salutes Keir Starmer’s proposal

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on local elections: voters aren’t listening to Tories, but are hearing Labour

Editorial: These were intensely domestic polls. But it was foreign affairs that caused Sir Keir Starmer trouble

The Guardian - UK

Local elections wipeout appears to be harbinger of doom for Rishi Sunak

With an estimated 25% vote share, Tory performance matches 1995 nadir reached under John Major

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Tories find reasons to be cheerful despite election bloodbath

On track to lose 500 council seats, Conservatives point to Labour’s failure to win control of Harlow council – by one seat

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Claire Ward elected first mayor of East Midlands

Former MP beats Conservatives’ Ben Bradley in region encompassing several former ‘red wall’ seats

The Guardian - UK

Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin

Voters want rid of the Tories, but will quickly demand solutions to Britain’s ills, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

There are good reasons not to take local results as general election predictions

Current political map cannot be compared with the past, but there are warnings for Conservatives to heed nonetheless

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The Guardian - UK

Tories take refuge in fantasy as local election drubbing becomes clear

From party chair Richard Holden to Andrea Leadsom and Rish! himself, their denial verged on the delusional

Evening Standard

London mayor election: First results suggest Ulez could still be problem for Sadiq Khan

The Conservatives won council by-elections in Hillingdon and Wandsworth, while Labour’s vote share dropped

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems say council results show they can take Westminster seats from Tories

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Tories stay calm as they hurtle towards electoral wipeout

I hate to be rude to the voters but this is shaping up to be quite a dull set of election results, in the sense that a lot of priors are being confirmed. A few reflections below:

Evening Standard

London mayoral election results: What will be the first clues to a Sadiq Khan or Susan Hall victory?

Key London Assembly constituency figures will indicate whether Labour retains mayoralty or Tories capture keys to City Hall

The Guardian - UK

Did we really expect Tory MPs who fought for voter ID rules to follow them? Don’t be ridiculous

We have reached the stage where Sunak’s MPs seek empathy for their inability to comply with their own policies, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Tories suffer big losses as the race for City Hall is now a waiting game

The votes are still being counted and in London we will not know the result of the mayoral election until Saturday. But one thing is clear: this is shaping up to be as bad a night for the Conservatives as the polls predicted.

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