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May 10, 2021 · Key takeaways from the 2021 elections. With most of the results from Thursday's polls now in, we can assess what we've learned about the political landscape. Firstly, and perhaps most...
Labour's Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London's mayor with 55.2% of the vote, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey. Read the full story here.
May 8, 2021 · Millions of people across England, Scotland and Wales voted in elections on Thursday 6 May. They cast votes for councillors, mayors, police commissioners, members of the Scottish and Welsh ...
- How Did The Parties do?
- Results in Detail
- Still Some Way to Go For Gender Equality
Overall, the election results were reassuring for parties already in power: Conservatives in England, Welsh Labour in Wales, and the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Scotland. An early sign of trouble for Labour in England came with a Conservative win in the Westminster by-election in Hartlepool, previously a Labour seat. This was followed by the r...
England
In English council elections: 1. The Conservatives were the biggest gainers, with a net gain of 11 additional councils, and 234 more councillors. 2. Labour lost control of 10 councils, and has 326 fewer councillors. 3. The Liberal Democrats held six councils, and gained one. They had a net gain of eight councillors. 4. The Green Party performed well relative to previous years, with a net gain of 88 councillors. These council figures use the outcome of the last scheduled election for each coun...
Scottish Parliament
In Scotland, the SNP won 64 seats – one more than in 2016. This left them just short of a majority. The Conservatives have 31 seats, and Labour, 22 – two fewer than in 2016. The Green Party has eight seats, two more than in 2016, and the Liberal Democrats have four.
Senedd Cymru
Senedd Cymru elections reaffirmed Welsh Labour’s position; with a net gain of one seat compared to 2016, it has half (30) of all Senedd seats. Conservatives won 16 seats, a net gain of five from 2016, and Plaid Cymru won 13, a net gain of one. The Liberal Democrats have one seat, the same as after the 2016 elections.
Democracy Club and the Fawcett Society produced estimates of candidate gender balancesfor all the major elections based on crowd-sourced data. These estimates have a small margin of error owing to the methods used. These estimates suggest that women were under-represented in all election types – making up just 32% of candidates. Elections for the L...
This report looks at how the May 2021 elections in England were run, how voters and campaigners found taking part, and what lessons can be learned for the future. On 6 May Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) took place in England.
The 2021 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2021. More than 145 English local councils , around 5,000 councillor seats (including by-elections), [ 2 ] thirteen directly elected mayors in England , [ 3 ] and 39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were contested. [ 4 ]
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Seven combined authority areas held mayoral elections in May 2021. This briefing shows who won and analyses data on vote share, turnout and candidates. London Elections 2021