🗳️LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION CONFIRMED

Labour – 11
Conservative – 8
Green – 3
Liberal Democrat – 2
Reform UK – 1

Reform have picked up their first London Assembly seat and the Conservatives have remained steady on 8

Reform UK win a seat on the London Assembly, it seems.

Labour Gain West Midlands Mayoralty.

Lab: 225,590
Con: 224,082
Ind: 69,621
Ref: 34,471
Grn: 31,036

West Midlands Mayoral Result:

🌹 Parker (LAB): 37.8% (-1.9)
🌳 Street (CON): 37.5% (-11.2)
🙋 Yakoob (IND): 11.7% (New)
➡️ Williams (RFM): 5.8% (+3.6)
🌍 Harper-Nunes (GRN): 5.2% (-0.6)
🔶 Virk (LDM): 2.0% (-1.5)

Labour GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2021.…

It’s worth stressing that PNS at local elections can’t really be directly compared with general election voter intention. For example, “other” is not getting 24% at a GE, and the Lib Dems are very unlikely to hit 17%. That's not to mention the different role local issues plays.

Ken Clarke's old backyard of Rushcliffe votes for a Labour Mayor.

Wow.

#LocalElections2024

COUNTY DURHAM RESULT

Paul Donaghy (Reform) - 9,679
Jamie Driscoll (Independent) - 25,074
Andrew Gray (Green) - 2,396
Aidan King (Lib Dem) - 3,907
Kim McGuinness (Labour) - 43,084
Guy Renner-Thompson (Conservative) - 11,627

Big win for Labour in County Durham

Labour Gain Blackpool South from the Conservatives.

Lab 10,825
Con 3,218
Reform 3,101

Reform sources now saying it's 'increasingly possible' they'll push the Tories into 3rd place ...

🚨🗳️ VOTE 🗳️🚨

Happy Ed Balls Day to all who celebrate.

BREAKING: Tory MP Dan Poulter defects to the Labour party, saying the Conservatives have become a nationalist party of the right and have abandoned compassion and the NHS 👇🏼

Labour, Lib Dems and Tories now supporting a motion of no confidence in Humza Yousaf.

All eyes on the Greens 👀

Very sad news: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. has died at 65.

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One senior GOP source says they have heard talk that the motion to vacate will come up within the next 24-48 hours.

I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate that was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸.

He should pre-announce his resignation (as Boehner did), so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker.

MASSIE told Johnson in front of the entire House Republican Conference that he should clean the barn and resign or else he’ll be vacated.

NEW — TOM MASSIE said in a closed House Republican meeting that he’s going to cosponsor the motion to vacate, per several sources in the room.

Er … Tory MP says voters in Ashfield should vote for Reform UK’s Lee Anderson.

Amazing stuff.

NEW: Understand that William Wragg has stepped down as chair of PACAC Committee and as vice chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 committee