While the result had been largely expected, Sir Keir Starmer hailed Labour's 58.9% vote share as a "seismic" victory and called it the "most important" result of Thursday's elections. Sky News' chief political correspondent Jon Craig said thatassessment was right: "After ...
Elections take place on 4 May in more than two thirds of English councils. Sky News election analysts explain what the key stories are, which councils to watch and how to work out who's won. It's the biggest test of public opinion this side of the next general election and Labour'...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his vote in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 31, 2024. Voters flocked to the polls on Sunday in Istanbul, Türkiye's financial and cultural hub, for the country's local elections. (Turkish Presidency/Handout via Xinhua) A voter casts his vote at a polli...
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station after forgetting to bring ID to vote in the UK's local elections.
British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson goes to a polling station to cast his vote for the local elections in London, Britain, on May 5, 2022. Polling stations across Britain opened early Thursday as voters went for local elections. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua) ...
Vital to Vote for Future Stability; THE LOCAL ELECTIONS 2008Read the full-text online article and more details about "Vital to Vote for Future Stability; THE LOCAL ELECTIONS 2008" - The Mirror (London, England), May 1, 2008The Mirror (London, England)...
By Jason O. Klett Local elections may not grab as many headlines as their national counterparts, but they can be just as intense, divisive, and intriguing. At the local level, we witness a microcosm of the grand political theater, complete with all the f
Imamoglu, a 52-year-old former businessman, has been Istanbul's mayor since 2019. He attempted to run for president in Turkey's 2023 general election, but was banned by Erdogan's government from running, in a move CHP supporters say was purely political. In those elections,Erdogan's party...
In France, foreign residents of European Union member states have the right to vote and stand for election in European and municipal elections, on the basis of their European citizenship.
He told Sky News: "I worry about those people who have either been deterred from going and having a vote or have been given the wrong information, and I think there needs to be a review about how this worked in practice in the course of these local elections. ...