UK native elections 2024 LIVE: Latest as vote counting begins
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The vital election battlegrounds
‘Message was loud and clear’, say Lib Dems
The message across the country today was loud and clear. Voters want an end to this appalling Conservative government.
People are sick of the Conservative party’s endless infighting, unaffordable mortgages, an NHS in freefall and filthy sewage being pumped into their rivers and seas.
They want change and they want to see the end of Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party in office. That is why, up and down the country, so many lifelong Conservative voters backed the Liberal Democrats today, because they know Liberal Democrat councillors will never take them for granted and fight for the issues they care about.
What did the polls say before today?
Labour feeling confident as polls close
‘We are proud of the positive campaign we have run, focused on turning the page after fourteen years of decline under the Conservative Party.
These elections have been about offering change. We have set out our plan to get Britain building again, take back our streets, and bring opportunity to every corner of the country, while the Conservatives have once again stayed silent on the issues that matter.
The most important election of the night is the historic by-election in Blackpool, caused by yet more Tory chaos and scandal. It’s the only election today where voters have had the opportunity to directly reject Rishi Sunak’s party in Westminster.
It’s going to be a long night and the full picture of results from local elections may not be clear until over the weekend, but we expect to see Labour gains that show we’re making progress in the places we need to win the next general election.
Polls have closed
Forget dogs at polling stations, now it’s time for… donkeys?
What are the other mayoral elections taking place?
Triumph in the face of adversity
Who is running to become Mayor of London?
It wouldn’t be election day without… dogs at polling stations!
When can we expect the first results?
Pictured: People head out to vote
What time do the polls close?
What’s on the line in the local elections?
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