Local authorities election act articles
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Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffer huge losses in UK local elections and by-election
Labour also stole a Conservative seat in a by-election.
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Leeds local elections: What every major party is standing for in today's council elections
Parties have issued statements setting out their agendas ahead of today’s vote (May 2). The Labour group, which controls Leeds City Council, said the vote was the last chance people have to make their voices heard before the next general election Councillor James Lewis, Leeds Labour leader, said: “We are building new council houses and supporting people sleeping rough. We have raised the wages of some of the lowest paid in Leeds and are working to protect social care from Tory cuts and the Tory...
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Local elections 2024: Labour's Oliver Coppard re-elected as South Yorkshire Mayor
Labour’s Oliver Coppard has been re-elected as Mayor of South Yorkshire following the 2024 local elections. With 138,611 votes, Mr Coppard beat out competitors from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Green Party and Social Democratic Party to win a second term as Mayor. Following his initial election as Mayor in 2022, a fresh mayoral race was declared just two years into his four-year term following the decision to combine the offices of Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner. Get the...