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‘People are just desperate’: how London turned on the Tories

Voters in the flagship Conservative boroughs of Westminster and Wandsworth reveal why they booted out the blues

The Guardian - UK

James Kelly: Do Yes parties have much to celebrate after the local elections?

YET again a set of local elections has served up a curate’s egg for the SNP – the results have been very good in some parts of the country and…

The National (Scotland)

NI Election 2022 analysis: Politics in Northern Ireland now has not two, but three tribes

The history of devolution at Stormont has been dominated by the two blocs of nationalism and unionism

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Grassroots anger at Boris Johnson as Tories suffer ‘tough night’ at the polls

The PM said he would not be deflected as Labour and the Liberal Democrats make gains at the Conservatives’ expense

Evening Standard

Fresh calls for PM to quit as Tories lose hundreds of seats in local elections

Boris Johnson saw his party surrender control of Westminster, Barnet and Wandsworth councils in London. Tories also lost West Oxfordshire. Keir Starmer said the vote was a 'turning point' for Labour

Daily Mirror

‘They deserved a kicking’: Londoners in Conservative strongholds turn their backs on the Tories

The Tories have been dealt defeats in a string of their flagship local authorities in the capital. Rory Sullivan speaks to disilluioned voters

The Independent UK

East Lothian Tory leader says Boris has to go after disastrous election results

It was an election of firsts for East Lothian as the SNP saw its first female councillors elected, a record ten women were elected and the county gained its first Scottish Greens councillor

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Grassroots anger at Johnson as Tories suffer ‘tough night’ at the polls

The PM said he would not be deflected as Labour and the Liberal Democrats make gains at the Conservatives’ expense.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer may celebrate local election wins but he still needs a vision

Labour may justifiably congratulate itself on symbolic wins in these local elections: the true-blue London strongholds of Westminster and Wandsworth, and the home of so-called “Workington Man” (deemed the archetypal new working-class Tory voter) in Cumberland. Yet it must channel energy from these morale boosts into a pitch that will…

Evening Standard

How Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost their grip on London

Labour turfed out the Tories in former strongholds, while the Tories failed to make hoped-for inroads

The Guardian - UK

Douglas Ross and Ruth Davidson react to dismal showing for Scottish Tories

DOUGLAS Ross admitted that the Scottish Tories have seen a "very disappointing" result in Scotland's council elections.

The National (Scotland)

Leeds local election results as Labour sees victory and Social Democratic Party wins seat

The Labour Party has increased its vote share on last year's local elections and made gains on the Conservative oppostion

Leeds Live

The Leader podcast: Labour’s Westminster takeover makes history

Flagship London councils seized from Conservatives in dramatic UK local elections

Evening Standard

Labour triumphs in London but Starmer faces ‘beergate’ investigation

I don’t know how long any news cycle lasts these days, but Keir Starmer may have hoped to bask in the reflective glory of winning Barnet, Westminster and Wandsworth councils for more than a few hours.

Evening Standard

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Scots 'send message' to Boris Johnson as Tories suffer losses at polls

Voters have “sent a message” to Boris Johnson as Tories suffer losses in Scotland, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has said.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: A disastrous night for the Tories shows you can’t take London for granted

There is no spin or expectation management that can hide the fact this was a disastrous night for the Tories in London. The party lost control not only of Barnet but also its flagship councils of Westminster and Wandsworth, which it had held for decades. Many of their candidates branded…

The Guardian - UK

Local elections: Tory MPs say Boris Johnson has questions to answer

Conservatives down 122 seats with just over half the results for England declared, and Labour up 35

The Guardian - UK

What the 2022 local election results tell us so far – the panel’s verdict

The Tories have taken significant hits in London, but how will the rest of the country play out, ask Polly Toynbee and others

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Evening Standard

Low-traffic neighbourhoods ‘the dog that didn’t bark’ in London council elections

Controversial road closure schemes affect only some results, leading expert to predict town halls could be emboldened to push on with further measures

Chronicle Live

Local election results in full: Every winner from England, Scotland and Wales polls

The biggest result of the night saw the Conservative Party lose Wandsworth and Westminster to Labour

Wales Online

Local elections 2022 results: What's happening now in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Conservatives pay the price of partygate at the polls

Daily Mirror

Ousted Tories turn on Boris Johnson and blame 'integrity issue' for key losses

As dozens of Tory councillors lost their seats against a backdrop of the row about lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and the cost-of-living crisis, local Conservative leaders criticised the Prime Minister

The Independent UK

Inside Politics: ‘This was the Tories’ jewel in the crown’

Big night for Labour in London as party takes control of symbolic councils but modest gains elsewhere, writes Matt Mathers

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson faces furious backlash as Tories lose Thatcher's 'favourite' council

BORIS Johnson is feeling the wrath of rank and file Conservatives after the party lost major London authorities and suffered setbacks across England.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson looks to be in trouble with these local election results

Analysis: When senior Tories warned they could lose Wandsworth and Westminster it sounded like expectations management. But lose them they did

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