Labour's Ros Jones tweeted that she was "privileged and humbled" after being re-elected Doncaster mayor for a third time. Follow the latest updates from polling stations across the country THE Scottish Parliament election 2021 has kicked off - but there will be no exit poll this year. PA Photo. Labour has not yet changed nearly enough for voters to place their trust in us. British local politics were undergoing a shakeup while you were sleeping. "I’m off to do the important job now of taking the kids to school.". You can find all you need to know about the results timeline and how each election works here. Labour's leadership needs to urgently change direction. That’s two dead heats in one night at Northumberland as the Hartley vote - lost by the council's Labour leader Susan Dungworth to Tory Davd Ferguson - was also drawn from a ballot box in this way. The BBC's Election 2021 results programme will kick off at 09:00 BST on Friday and run until 22:00 BST on the BBC News Channel and BBC iPlayer. Read more about the mood and rumblings within the Labour camp here. "It should start by championing the popular policies in our recent manifestos – which are backed by a large majority of voters.". If he doesn’t change direction, not only will he be out of a job - but the Labour Party may be out of Government forever. ", Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer leaving his north London home following the result in the Hartlepool parliamentary by-election, Alba party leader Alex Salmond watches votes being counted for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections at the P&J Live, Dominic Cummings has tweeted his reaction to the overnight elections saga, Boris Johnson's Tories are making gains in former Labour strongholds, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pictured on the campaign trial in West Yorkshire earlier this week, Nicola Sturgeon meets votes in Glasgow ahead of polling, Voters have had their say - now it's time to brace for the results, Keir Starmer is facing Labour anger this morning, Labour's losing candidate in the Hartlepool by-election Paul Williams, Tory Jill Mortimer is declared winner in the Hartlepool parliamentary by-election, Conservative Party candidate for Hartlepool Jill Mortimer speaks after she was declared the winner in the by-election, Labour leader Keir Starmer is in the party's firing line over its Hartlepool defeat, Jill Mortimer of Conservative Party arrives at Mill House Leisure Centre as ballots are being counted, in Hartlepool, Britain May 7, 2021. Coronavirus restrictions mean the usual exit poll predictions have been axed. The Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Audley & Queen's Park ward candidate's clip of himself walking silently through a local playground gesturing at its state of disrepair was hailed by some as the greatest campaign video of the election. In his video's memorable sign-off, Patel walks slowly up a slide eyeballing the camera, stands in front of phallic graffiti scribbled reading 'suck' - and pulls two 'V' for victory signs. Tory candidate Jill Mortimer handily overturned Labour’s 3,595 from the 2019 general election - extending it to a 6,940 majority of her own. Hartlepool's result makes it somewhat of a political unicorn. Speaking after his win, he reportedly vowed to fix the playground in question. Eg ‘the centre ground’ DOES NOT EXIST, it’s pundit fiction. Keir Starmer must think again about his strategy.". Images show piles of ballot papers for candidates, with some listed names showing significantly shorter piles than others. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.. The Conservative, who declared it a "truly historic result", secured a 6,940 majority winning 15,529 votes to Dr Williams' 8,589. In areas voting for county and metropolitan councils, it will decide who leads on schools, social care and public health. And we could get some of the most interesting of the overnight council results, including Dudley where Labour and the Tories are almost neck-and-neck. London mayoral and UK local elections 2021 LIVE: Millions of voters head to the polls in ‘Super Thursday’ election - latest updates. London mayoral and UK local elections 2021 LIVE: Party leaders and candidates head to the polls to vote in elections - latest updates ... Hand sanitiser will be available on entry and exit. The dust has barely settled on Labour's stinging Hartlepool by-election defeat. If the Tories overturn Labour’s 3,595 majority and claim the Westminster seat for the first time in its history, it will likely lead the day’s news and be a big political headache for Keir Starmer. Here are the estimated times expected for declarations across the UK: Our results data are provided by the Press Association. All eyes will be on the results from the "Red Wall" – Labour heartlands that swung to the Conservatives at the 2019 general election. The Conservative Party, which won a majority at the 2019 general election, included pledges in its manifesto to remove the fifteen-year limit on voting for British citizens living abroad, and to introduce a voter identification requirement in Great Britain. Nuneaton's Tory MP Marcus Jones has parised his party after the Conservatives gained control of Nuneaton and Bedworth Council from Labour. The Liberal Democrats – who are fielding the third largest amount of candidates – will also hope to make gains after their support collapsed following their participation in the coalition government between 2010 and 2015. The results will determine which party leads on important local issues such as planning permission, parks and economic development. We’ve Got You Covered + By Sushri Sahu 1 day, 7 hours. Labour's defeated Hartlepool candidate has congratulated winner Jill Mortimer - before heading off to his dad duties. The main issue was voters´ electronic identification, which was applied for the first time in the country. READ | Kerala Exit Polls 2021 Live Updates: Republic-CNX poll projects LDF to defeat UDF again In 2021, amid COVID surge and widespread poll violence, EC had announced that the battle for the 294-seat Assembly will be held in 8 phases - March 27, April 1, 6, 10, 17, 22, 26 and 29. She won 15,529 votes compared to Labour's 8,589. For Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, it will mark his first round of elections since he took on the role a year ago. “But he also needs a back of house team up to the job ahead, capable of running campaigns on and offline in a way Labour has dodged or failed to deliver for too long. Ilirjan Celibashi, head of the Central Election Commission, considered the election a success and said “the process was characterized by a calm situation, security and integrity.” That’s the exact number the Tories needed for a majority. Please enjoy this incredible election campaign video from Blackburn pic.twitter.com/qoACXnsGcf. "It must take the fight to the Tories and offer a much clearer and more inspiring vision of what Labour stands for. Check all LIVE Updates of Assam Exit Polls 2021 here. The Labour leader is expected to boot out under-performing frontbenchers following the latest election disaster. "Starmer's strategy of isolating the left and replacing meaningful policy with empty buzzwords has comprehensively failed. Currently, Labour has the most to lose, with 53 contested councils under their control, compared to 47 held by the Conservatives and six by the Liberal Democrats. Both votes are being counted concurrently with the Aberdeen Donside constituency result expected first early on Friday afternoon - with the regional result not known until Saturday evening after receiving those figures from Aberdeenshire, Angus and Dundee. “'Lose, lose, lose, lose, Blair, Blair, Blair, lose, lose, lose. In the run up to the next United Kingdom general election, various organisations are expected to carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. MP Dianne Abbott is urging Keir Starmer to overhaul his strategy. Results are still trickling in after millions across the UK got out and voted in what has been dubbed Super Thursday. The PA news agency has consulted the history books, and found the last time a governing party won a by-election was in another northern Labour seat in Copeland in 2017. The new council line-up is Conservatives 34, Labour 21, independents seven, Liberal Democrats three and Greens two. Voters go to the polls in elections across England, Scotland and Wales. "A transformative socialist message has won in Hartlepool before, and it would have won again. And in the capital Sadiq Khan is defending the mayoralty, while all 25 seats in the London Assembly are up for grabs. “Labour must now accelerate the programme of change in our party, to win back the trust and faith of working people across Britain. Here's what Fleet Street Fox says has to do to win Britain back', Boris Johnson has eaten the party's heartlands but left the Tories undefended, says Fleet Street Fox, Councillor tells colleague to 'f**k off' during explosive annual meeting on Zoom, Cllr David Jack of Sandbach Town Council in Cheshire said one fellow councillor was "nothing but a liar" and told him to "f**k off" as he responded to calls for his removal, Under-fire Starmer seen leaving home without commenting on 'disaster' by-election defeat, Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon admits: "We haven't got over the line, that's quite clear from the ballots", Influencer says you can fake likes on your Instagram - but fans say she's wrong, TikTok influencer Fav_ourr shared a simple coding hack for faking the number of likes on your Instagram posts, but before you get excited others have spotted an issue with it, Labour lost seats on six of the first 11 councils to declare overnight - and gained seats on just two, This included losing a whopping 10 seats in traditional bellwether Nuneaton and Bedworth - which the Tories won from NOC, gaining 11 seats, Labour also lost nine seats in its heartland of Sunderland and is now in control of the council by a slim margin of under a dozen seats, The Tories snatched Harlow from Labour after winning seven seats and Labour lost seven. Before that, you'd have to look way back to Mitcham and Morden in 1982. With polling concluding in Puducherry with high-voter turnout, all eyes are now on exit polls. Key marginals in the region include Dudley, Northumberland and Derby, which a YouGov poll on May 1 found were likely Conservative wins. It was won by the party after Berwick West with Ord came down to a dead heat. Labour members are slinging mud at the party's leader over the defeat - making it clear they hold him accountable for Hartlepool's historic swing to the Tories. The Conservatives took control of Northumberland after gaining one seat, with Labour losing one. A man casts his vote from his car at a drive though polling station during the 2021 Dutch General Election on March 15, 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Exit Poll Results 2021 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2021. Exit Poll Results 2021: Elections were held from March 27 in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry. Reports say that the final declaration for Hartlepool will not happen before at least 7am. Last Updated: 29th April, 2021 20:44 IST Assam Exit Polls 2021 Live Updates: Republic-CNX Poll Projects Comfortable Victory For NDA 126 seats of the Assam Assembly went to the polls in three phases. We need for once in this party to learn the lessons of those victories as well as those defeats,” he told the BBC. 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