Boris Johnson’s Conservatives suffering backlash in local elections
Early English local election results showed Boris Johnson’s Conservatives suffered early losses in a ballot held against the backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis and fines imposed on the Prime Minister for breaking his own COVID-19 lockdown rules.
The overall tally due later on Friday will offer the most important snapshot of public opinion since Johnson won the Conservative Party’s biggest majority in more than 30 years in the 2019 general election. “These results are confirming that the Conservatives have suffered something of a rebuff from the electorate,” said John Curtice, a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde.
The night’s most closely watched results in London’s 32 boroughs had yet to be fully declared, but some initial counts showed Labour was gaining in some areas in the capital.
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