The Prime Minister - and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer - will be nervously awaiting the results of council elections across 107 local authorities in England.
Polls have closed tonight in local elections that could decide Rishi Sunak 's fate - as well as being a final test of voter opinion ahead of the looming Westminster contest.
There are some concerns in Tory ranks that the party might even finish third behind Reform UK, the Nigel Farage-backed outfit, in the Lancashire seat. Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrived at a polling station in London this morning to cast their votesVotes are poured out to be counted at Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre, EsssexAdvertisement As polls closed tonight, Labour MP Pat McFadden MP, the party's national campaign coordinator, said: 'The most important election of the night is the historic by-election in Blackpool, caused by yet more Tory chaos and scandal.
Every voter in England and Wales was able to cast a ballot in at least one type of election before 10pm on Thursday.Many of the seats were last fought in 2021 - a year in which the Conservatives did particularly well in local elections at a high point in Boris Johnson's premiership. As well as the mayoral contest in London between Mr Khan and Ms Hall, there are also likely to be close-run battles in Tees Valley and the West Midlands.
The Conservatives won the Lancashire seat at the 2019 general election, with Mr Benton as the party's candidate, with a more than 3,500-vote majority. Both main parties sought to manage expectations ahead of polling day, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insisting governments can get 'punished' in local elections.'And, you know, David Cameron lost hundreds of councillors in the run up to the 2015 general election.'But what we say to people is, look, this may be a moment when you want to express a view about the national picture.
In a final message before polling stations open, Sir Keir said: 'Britain is, despite everything this Tory government has thrown at it, a great country. Sir Ed Davey said the results would be a 'damning verdict on record waiting lists, sewage destroying rivers, and the worst cost of living crisis in a generation'.Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Ahmed voted in London this morning as the London mayor seeks to win an historic third term in City Hall
'And I have to say there is as much truth to these stories as there is in Labour's assurances to its business community that it isn't actually going to do the things it's been saying it's going to do, as it's promised its union paymasters.
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