Photograph Source: © UK Parliament / Maria Unger – CC BY 3.0
Local council elections, along with several regional mayoral and one parliamentary by-election were held in England (but not the rest of the UK) on May 2. The results were potentially significant insofar as a very poor showing by the Conservatives could have had an immediate impact on Rishi Sunak’s fate as prime minister.
The parliamentary by-election for Blackpool South was for a Red Wall seat won by the Tories in 2019.