{"id":41699,"date":"2024-05-03T04:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T04:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/labour-wins-brexit-strongholds-as-early-local-election-results-come-in\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T04:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T04:48:00","slug":"labour-wins-brexit-strongholds-as-early-local-election-results-come-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/labour-wins-brexit-strongholds-as-early-local-election-results-come-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour wins Brexit strongholds as early local election results come in"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results begin to roll in from the local elections across England and Wales. <\/p>\n

The party seized control of Rushmoor<\/a><\/strong> in Hampshire from the Conservatives shortly after 3am – a council the Tories had run for the last 24 years – with a spokesman calling the result “truly historic”.<\/p>\n

Come 5am, they had also taken Redditch in the West Midlands, turning a Conservative majority of five into a Labour majority of 15.<\/p>\n

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Labour also took Hartlepool Council<\/a><\/strong> – the scene of a major by-election loss back in 2021, which led Sir Keir Starmer to consider quitting as leader<\/a> <\/strong>– and Thurrock in Essex<\/a><\/strong>, from no overall control, saying it was “exactly the kind of place we need to be winning to gain a majority in a general election”.<\/p>\n

And the party replaced the Tories as the largest party on Peterborough Council<\/a><\/strong> which, while remaining under no overall control, saw the Conservatives lose 13 of the 16 seats they were defending.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Conservatives lost control of North East Lincolnshire<\/a><\/strong> after Labour won five of the seats up for grabs – with neither party now holding a majority on the council.<\/p>\n

All six areas overwhelmingly voted Leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum, with Thurrock supporting it by 72.3%, North East Lincolnshire by 69.9%, Hartlepool by 69.6%, Redditch by 62.3%, Peterborough by 60.9% and Rushmoor by 58.2%.<\/p>\n

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