{"id":10353,"date":"2021-05-08T11:37:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T11:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=10353"},"modified":"2021-05-08T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T11:37:19","slug":"elections-2021-5-key-results-from-first-day-of-counts-across-england-wales-and-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/05\/08\/elections-2021-5-key-results-from-first-day-of-counts-across-england-wales-and-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections 2021: 5 key results from first day of counts across England, Wales and Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Labour is facing recriminations after being trounced by the Tories in a critical by-election and losing control of a string of councils in England.<\/p>\n

Keir Starmer\u00a0said the party had “lost the trust of working people” as he came under fire over Labour’s defeat in the Hartlepool by-election.<\/p>\n

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There was also grim news for\u00a0Labour\u00a0in contests for English councils and a landslide victory for the Tories in the Tees Valley mayoral battle.<\/p>\n

But Wales offered hope to the party where First Minister Mark Drakeford was on course to form a Government after defying gloomy polls.<\/p>\n

There was drama in Scotland where the\u00a0SNP\u00a0won three new seats as Nicola Sturgeon presses for a fresh mandate for another independence referendum.<\/p>\n

Results will continue to flood in on Saturday and into Sunday, with Labour hoping to win several key mayoral contests, including London, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

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The Welsh and Scottish Parliament results should become clear on Saturday – with all eyes on Edinburgh as Ms Sturgeon prepares for a clash with\u00a0Boris Johnson\u00a0over independence.<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know about the results so far.<\/p>\n

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Knives out for Keir Starmer after Hartlepool by-election defeat<\/h3>\n

Labour’s hopes of rebuilding after the disastrous 2019 election were dealt a fresh blow after the Tories won a key by-election in Hartlepool.<\/p>\n

Tory Jill Mortimer overturned Labour\u2019s 3,595 majority and won the seat with a whopping 6,940 majority of her own – increasing the Tory vote by 23%.<\/p>\n

The result represents a 16% swing from Labour to the Tories in a seat that has been red for decades.<\/p>\n

Critics from the Labour left tore into Mr Starmer over the failure to retain Hartlepool, which prompted soul searching across the party.<\/p>\n

The Labour leader acknowledged the scale of the challenge, saying Labour had “lost the trust of working people”.<\/p>\n

“I’m bitterly disappointed in the result and I take full responsibility for the results – and I will take full responsibility for fixing this,” he said.<\/p>\n

On Friday, he failed to deny swirling rumours that he would reshuffle his top team.<\/p>\n

There was also bad news among English councils. With results available from 74 out of 143 councils, the Conservatives had a net gain of six authorities and 158 seats, and Labour a net loss of four authorities and 156 seats.<\/p>\n

But Labour’s Ros Jones was re-elected Doncaster mayor while Joanne Anderson became Liverpool’s first black female mayor.<\/p>\n

Tories win key mayoral race – as they eye West Midlands<\/h3>\n

Tory Ben Houchen was re-elected as Tees Valley mayor by a landslide, taking almost 73% of the vote at the first count.<\/p>\n

His victory cements the Tory presence in the so-called Red Wall – seats in Labour’s traditional heartlands in the north and Midlands.<\/p>\n

It was regarded as one of the “big three” races of the bumper local elections, alongside Hartlepool and the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

Results should come on Saturday for the West Midlands mayoral race, where Labour’s Liam Byrne is attempting to topple ex-John Lewis boss Andy Street.<\/p>\n

However the contest could be close, with the Tories gunning to retain the mayoralty.<\/p>\n

Labour on course to form a Government in Wales<\/h3>\n

After a grim set of results in England, there was hope for Labour in Wales as the party looked set to win the Senedd election and lead the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n

First Minister Mark Drakeford said his party had “exceeded expectations” as it ended Friday with 30 seats, just one short of a majority.<\/p>\n

Gloomy polls had predicted Labour was at risk of its worst result and could win fewer than 22 seats.<\/p>\n

But the party lost just one of Wales’ red wall seats – Vale of Clwyd – to the Tories, and snatched Rhondda from Plaid Cymru founder Leanne Wood.<\/p>\n

The results of the last few seats will be announced on Saturday but Labour is in a position to form a Government even if it falls short of the required 31 majority.<\/p>\n

SNP hopes for independence majority on a knife edge<\/h3>\n

Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to press ahead with a fresh independence referendum as her party’s hopes winning an outright majority in the Scottish Parliament hung in the balance.<\/p>\n

The SNP needs 65 seats to win a majority at Holyrood, which Ms Sturgeon has said would give her a clear mandate to demand another border poll.<\/p>\n

It won 39 of the 48 declared seats on Friday, snatching Ayr and Edinburgh Central from the Tories and East Lothian from Labour.<\/p>\n

But Labour’s Jackie Baillie held onto Dumbarton, Scotland’s most marginal seat, which the SNP had been targeting.<\/p>\n

Counting continues on Saturday, with the results expected to become clearer in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

But a clash is coming whatever the result, as the Tories insisted that another referendum would be “irresponsible”.<\/p>\n

“We think this is a complete distraction,” Environment Secretary George Eustice told Times Radio.<\/p>\n

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“It would be irresponsible to have another divisive referendum and another bout of constitutional debate at a time when we are charting our way out of this pandemic and when we’ve got to really focus on economic recovery.<\/p>\n

“We think it’s completely the wrong thing to be doing. We had a referendum just a little over five years ago and that settled the issue.”<\/p>\n

Encouraging results for Greens and Lib Dems<\/h3>\n

There were encouraging results for the Greens, with the party boosting their numbers of councillors in England to 84 – up 54 – with 91 out of 143 councils declared.<\/p>\n

While the Greens don’t control any councils, it elected its first councillors in Stockport, Northumberland, Hastings and Derbyshire.<\/p>\n

“We are winning seats in areas that have traditionally been thought of as Labour and Conservative,” co-leader Jonathan Bartley said.<\/p>\n

The Lib Dems kept control of Mole Valley, in Surrey, and made gains in Cambridgeshire, pushing the council into no overall control.<\/p>\n

In Stockport, the Lib Dems are now the largest party and could now form a minority administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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