Conservatives Facing Significant Losses in Local Elections as Labour Takes the Lead

With almost half of the councils declared after Thursday’s local elections, the Conservatives appear to be facing significant losses to Labour.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria leave the polling station in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency, north London, on May 2, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

With 45 out of 107 councils in England declared, Labour has won 379 seats, a gain of 62 and more than twice the number won by the Conservatives.

The Tories so far have won 136 seats, representing a loss of 153, according to the BBC’s election tracker. Labour has won 24 councils—a gain of four—and the Conservatives have won just three, a loss of three.