British local elections entered the vote count on the 8th. Analysis from local media and pollsters predicted that the ruling Labor Party led by British Prime Minister David Stamer was far outvoted by the right-wing opposition party. Analysts generally believe that the election is the British Prime Minister David Stamer led the Labor government a“Big test.”.
British prime minister David Stamer, file photo.
More than 5,000 local councillors and 6 mayors from 136 local councils in England will be elected in local council elections starting on the same day, according to POLITICO Europe on Sunday, 129 members of the Scottish Parliament and 96 members of the Welsh Assembly. According to the“Global Times” special correspondent in the UK observation, because most of the vote results are not linked to the British general election, previous years of local elections are not valued by the public. But this year’s local council elections, which involved three provinces and were largely labour strongholds, were described by many policy analysts as a“Mid-term election” after two years in power. Reporters in London on the 7th to see, many polling stations until the evening before the closure, there are many people with children, from work or on the way home from school to vote.
Holborn in the City of London, 7 reporters met from the local polling station just out of the retiree mark. He admitted that he had switched his support from Labour to the left-wing Greens. According to mark, the old problems of sluggish economic growth, high inflation and a lack of jobs have not changed since Labour came to power in 2024. At the same time, Britain was in new trouble as a result of wars in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East, and bad relations with the United States. Mark says he is disappointed in Britain, especially with the Member of Parliament from Holborn, his constituency, Prime Minister John Staymer.
According to Reuters and other media reports, the election is expected to be a major blow to the Labor Party and once again raised questions about the ability of prime minister David Starmer. If voters turn away from the Labour and conservative parties that once dominated politics, it could mark the end of Britain’s traditional two-party system. Pre-election polls suggest that the far-right British reform party, led by“Brexit pusher” Farage, will expand its control of the English Parliament, possibly in Scotland and Wales, it became the main opposition party outside the pro-independence Scottish National Party and the Welsh party. The Green Party, which has taken a more radical stance since Zac Polanski took over as leader last September, is also likely to make an unusual showing.
Late at night as of 8, the election counting is still under way, the preliminary results show that the Labor Party in England lost a large number of local councillors. British“Independent” quoted experts as saying that the Labor Party in England will lose about 1850 seats. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party is expected to maintain its position as the largest party. Senior members of the Welsh Labour Party admitted defeat in the Welsh Assembly election and said the first minister’s seat was even up for grabs, the BBC reported.
Labour’s defeat has sparked speculation over whether Prime Minister John Staymer will step down. In this regard, Stamer 8, told the media that the local election results show that voters dissatisfied with the status quo, but he will not“Walk away.”.