Why This Week’s Local Elections Are so Important for Rishi Sunak

Published on May 1, 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said local elections are “always difficult” for the party in power, while Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said she does not think his position is under threat. Voters in England and Wales go to the polls on Thursday for elections in 107 local authority areas, but much of the focus will be on the 11 mayors—including London’s Sadiq Khan—who are facing the electorate. There are also votes for 37 police and crime commissioners, the London Assembly, and a parliamentary by-election in Blackpool South caused by the resignation of Tory MP Scott Benton. Pollsters have forecast the Conservatives could lose up to half of the council seats they are fighting, and there has been speculation Mr. Sunak would face a leadership challenge in the event of such a result....

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