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Labour councillor in Moray who admitted indecent child image offences in 2017. It came after the Sunday Times reported that Lord Doyle campaigned for Morton after he was charged with possessing and distributing indecent images
election said they felt someone different deserved a chance to move the dial. There is a risk then for Labour that these are not short-term losses but the tipping point in a longer decline
election results, with some backbenchers adding their voices to calls for the prime minister to go. But matters began moving at speed, with West, a north London MP who was sacked by Starmer
councillors in England and suffered humiliation in Wales,** but he made clear that he would not quit, saying **“tough days like this don’t weaken my resolve”.** Some Labour MPs have come out demanding
councillors, while in Scotland and Wales, representatives of devolved parliaments will be elected. Typically low-stakes affairs, local elections are shaped less by national politics than by everyday concerns like potholes, bin collections and council
elections. [Lucy Powell](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lucy-powell) told the Guardian she understood there was “huge anger and despondency” from Labour MPs in the aftermath of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, but said the prime minister would
councillors in England, winning control of Stockport and Portsmouth council, and six seats in the Scottish Parliament. However, the party's gains were more modest than those of Reform UK and the Green Party
councillor, were among five of the 14 candidates in the by-election who appeared on Question Time in Makerfield. Asked about how politicians could restore public trust in them, Burnham criticised "point-scoring before problem
election results in which the party lost support to Reform UK and the Greens. However, his chances of staying in No 10 appeared to be diminishing on Sunday as about 40 [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)
councillors. Suffolk and Newcastle-under-Lyme followed, also claimed from the Conservatives, then Sunderland, from Labour. In the Scottish parliament and, particularly, the Welsh Senedd, Reform was hoping to make an equally dramatic advance
losses across councils in England, Sarwar confirmed he is sticking by his February [call for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to resign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89kwj8kjy9o). He said: "I said what I said back in February
losses, allies of Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham, two of Starmer’s potential leadership rivals, said they would keep their counsel and watch how events developed over the weekend. Wes Streeting was expected to speak
losses left him facing renewed calls to quit. Growing numbers of Labour MPs went public with calls for him to go over the weekend, with potential challenger Angela Rayner saying the party needed
losses for his ruling Labour party. With the bulk of results now counted after voting on Thursday, [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) had lost more than 1,400 representatives from English councils, the local government structures
councillors in local elections across England amid a surge for Nigel Farage's Reform UK, with the Greens also eating into the party's support. It was also kicked out of power in Wales, where
councillor under the leadership of “Red” Ted Knight. He came to despise the local party, [describing the](https://sites.harvard.edu/uk-regional-growth/directory/peter-mandelson/) Lambeth Labour party’s leadership as “contributing very little to the economic development of south
losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure on Sir Keir, with some Labour MPs calling for him to set a timetable for his departure, although his cabinet allies have backed