Tory chairman Richard Holden warns party is facing 'much tougher' local elections this year
The Conservative party chairman has warned that the upcoming local elections will be “much tougher” for the Tories than last time, while insisting there is “no love” for Labour among voters.
In an interview with the Standard, party chairman Richard Holden MP said the Conservatives will be facing an uphill battle in May’s council and mayoral elections, because many of the contests were last fought during the “vaccine bounce” of 2021.
Mr Holden, who was out campaigning in Belgravia for the party’s mayoral candidate , said: “We saw in these elections a few years ago, we were polling at 44 per cent nationally, with a vaccine bounce and all that sort of thing.
