Tories make gains in UK local elections

Tories make gains in UK local elections

UKIP loses nearly all the seats it previously held

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) – The leading Conservative Party made considerable gains as the populist UK Independence Party (UKIP) suffered a massive blow, according to early results in local elections held in England and Wales.

The results declared as of Friday morning gave the Tories a clear lead, as the polls had predicted. Prime Minister Theresa May’s party gained more than 100 seats in England, mostly benefiting from UKIP losses.

Meanwhile, results showed a loss of 45 seats for the Labour Party in the elections held only five weeks before a snap general election scheduled for June 8.

UKIP lost almost all council seats the party had previously held.

Many results have yet to be announced. The votes in Scotland will be counted on Friday.

The Conservatives gained control of at least four councils -- Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, and the Isle of Wight -- according to early results. They also hold the most seats in the Cumbria council in the northwest.

In total, 4,851 representatives were to be chosen in 88 councils -- 34 in England, 32 in Scotland and 22 Wales -- in what is considered as a significant contest for political parties a month before a snap general election scheduled for June 8.

Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap general election to strengthen her mandate before the start of Brexit negotiations.

British voters last year decided to leave the European Union after a 44-year long membership.



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