Tories set to lose half of seats they are defending in ‘ near catastrophic’ local election result
by Zoe Grunewald
May 03, 2024
3 minutes
The UK’s top election expert has said the Conservatives could lose up to 500 seats in what is looking like their worst performance in four decades at the local elections.
Polling guru Professor John Curtice said that the results far thus far - including the Blackpool South by-election - has meant “we're probably looking at certainly one of the worst, if not the worst, Conservative performance in local government elections for the last 40-years”.
Sir John said that the Tories look likely to
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