Local elections 2023: Labour gains Plymouth and
Stoke-on-Trent in key England council results – live updates
From 2h ago
03.37 BST
Labour gain Plymouth from minority Conservative
control
Labour has
taken control of Plymouth Council from the Conservatives.
The party
needed five gains to take overall control of the council, which had been led by
a minority Conservative administration, and managed to make six gains tonight.
Plymouth,
as I’m sure you know, is the seat where trees have been a major election issue.
The
Conservative administration had been heavily criticised after cutting down 110
healthy trees in the city overnight, and Labour expected to make significant
progress in the city.
Updated at
03.43 BST
2m ago
05.58 BST
Transport Minister says Tory losses
"certainly" fault of Johnson and Truss
Transport
minister Huw Merriman has suggested Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are to blame
for the Conservative losses in local elections across England.
Merriman
told the BBC’s Elections 2023 programme: “When I was talking to my constituents
on the doorsteps yesterday, they were talking about older news about former
prime ministers, but saying your current leader seems to have what it takes.
Former
British Prime Ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson attend the National Service
of Remembrance at The Cenotaph, in London, Britain 13 November 2022.
Former
British Prime Ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson attend the National Service
of Remembrance at The Cenotaph, in London, Britain 13 November 2022.
Photograph: Reuters
“He seems
to be turning things around for us, but this is the opportunity for the
electorate to give their vote on where we have been previously.”
Asked if it
was Johnson and Truss’s fault, Merriman said: “Certainly, on the doorsteps the
feedback I got was that we are in a better place. The polls show that as well.
People are reacting in a more positive way towards Rishi Sunak.”
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