"Labour will have to do far, far better than this in local elections in future to suggest they are convincing the electorate more generally," Travers said. The makeup of 150 local government authorities, responsible for the day-to-day provision of public services, was at stake. Ruling parties typically suffer at local elections and surveys had predicted losses in London for the Conservatives after eight years in power. DELIVERING BREXITOutside London, the Conservatives regained control of councils in the pro-Brexit regions of Peterborough and Basildon, largely at the expense of the anti-EU UK Independence Party. "The Conservative Party has been reminded tonight that the electorate that it now has is disproportionately a 'Leave' electorate," polling expert John Curtice told the BBC.

Source: bd News24 May 04, 2018 10:52 UTC