Local election results 2025: How Labour did in each council and mayor race
The moment polls closed in the 2025 local elections on Thursday night, party chair Ellie Reeves issued an…
Lancashire
Lancashire election: Labour sheds two dozen seats as Reform and Gaza bite
Labour has lost more than two dozen seats on Lancashire county council, with 50 Reform councillors set to…
Local elections: Long shadow of Gaza looms over key Lancashire battleground
Local election campaigns are often fought on local issues like bins and potholes, which councils have the power…
Police and crime commissioner election results: Full list of nine Labour gains
Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) manage aspects of policing in each region. Labour held its PCCs in Wales,…
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is ‘terrific, tough, loved by everybody’: Chorley councillor defends town’s MP
Lindsay Hoyle has had one of his toughest weeks yet as Speaker of the House of Commons, sparking…
Ed Miliband on £28bn rowback claim: ‘Don’t believe everything you read’
With the Tories doubling down on anti-green attacks, Ed Miliband gave Labour’s ‘green jobs and lower bills’ messaging…
Preston mosques tell Labour councillors to demand Starmer quit in ceasefire row
Labour councillors in Preston are facing an “unprecedented” call by local mosques for them to publicly demand leader…
Updated council by elections: Labour’s vote leaps across Tory seats
Labour increased its share of the vote in council by-elections last night. The Tories retained all four seats…
Ashworth: Labour must make gains in May’s local elections
Labour must win key counties outside London in May’s local elections if it is to build a platform…
Learning from Lancashire
The national significance of local election results is usually viewed through the lens of how well Labour did…
