‘No solace’ for Rishi Sunak amid brutal local election losses, polling guru Sir John Curtice warns
by Archie Mitchell
May 03, 2024
4 minutes
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Britain’s top polling guru has said there will be “no solace” for Rishi Sunak as a brutal set of local elections saw Reform UK push the Tories into third in a series of council seats.
Despite finishing narrowly ahead of Nigel Farage’s right-wing challenger party in the Blackpool South by-election, which Labour won comfortably, the Conservatives were beaten by Reform in 16 of the 25 seats up for grabs on Sunderland City Council.
as the second day of counting council and mayoral results gets underway. after a disastrous night of results for the in local elections across the UK.
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