Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeLabour have taken two key mayor jobs from the Tories in a rare glimpse of hope for Keir Starmer after a torrid night. Labour's Dan Norris was elected West of England mayor, beating Tory candidate Samuel Williams by 125,482 votes to 85,389. Despite the torrid results in parts of England Labour did much better than expected in Wales, retaining control of the Welsh Parliament under Welsh leader Mark Drakeford. Mr Norris praised Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer after the results were declared at the SS Great Britain in Bristol on Saturday. It is the first move in a brutal reshuffle by Sir Keir, who said barely 24 hours ago that he would take responsibility for the results.

Source: Daily Mirror May 08, 2021 19:29 UTC