People mocked this but actually Sunak didn’t say it would be after the election.

Another MP has defected to Labour - Natalie Elphicke has 'crossed the floor' to sit on the opposition benches here's a reminder of mine and jack pannell Institute for Government explainer on how & why MPs change party allegiance and what happens when they do
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mps-…

Last week saw the election of 37 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across England and Wales.

Check out our updated explainer to find out what happened & what powers PCCs hold! instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/loca…

Matthew Fright Institute for Government And with that, with 9 Labour metro mayors and 1 Conservative metro mayor elected over the last 2 days, it is time to sign off.
Follow Akash Paun Matthew Fright Millie Mitchell and myself as we will be sharing our analysis of these elections on Tuesday!

Where the newly re-elected Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, secured his votes. For more election results analysis head to the
Institute for Government elections hub page instituteforgovernment.org.uk/local-election…

Following the announcement of the re-election of Andy Burnham and Tracy Brabin an update to the Institute for Government mayoralty election results map.

Institute for Government Millie Mitchell Matthew Fright Well, I was right that West Yorkshire results would come earlier than West Midlands, but missed the Greater Manchester factor.
Labour's Andy Burnham has been re-elected as mayor of Greater Manchester with 63% of the vote.

Six metro mayor elections to be declared today. For all the background on these contests and what's at stake, check out the Institute for Government elections hub here instituteforgovernment.org.uk/local-election… (and follow colleagues Matthew Fright Briony Allen & Millie Mitchell

Institute for Government Turnout in Liverpool City region has been reported at 23.7%.
This is lower than the turnout of the first election for this post in 2017 (26.1%).

The Institute for Government devo team will be watching for the results of the 6 mayoral elections due to declare today.
Liverpool City Region should be first (results expected soon), with London, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester later today

🎧 Local elections 2024: swings & roundabouts

The Institute for Government podcast explains the votes, the surprises, the lessons & more (of what we knew by 3pm Friday)

With Emma_Norris Akash Paun Rachel Wearmouth

+ Ben Paxton on the looming budget cliff edge

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/inside…

How has turnout in mayoral contests changed across London? Here's the full picture

David Skaith has been elected as the first mayor of York and North Yorkshire, winning a total of 35% of the vote.

But what powers does the new mayor hold? Read our explainer on the devolution to York and North Yorkshire instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/loca…

Results from the York and North Yorkshire mayorality election

The new Mayor of York and North Yorkshire - David Skaith

Another win for Labour in this brand new mayoralty, with Skaith taking 35% of the vote

It will be interesting to see how a possible future Labour government behaves towards Houchen. The shoe might well be on the other foot given how some perceive a Tory Government has behaved towards Labour Mayors.

In the run up to yesterday's election, we set out six things the Institute for Government's devo team will be looking out for - follow along with us as these results come in...
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