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How the Election Results Made History and Set New Records
Reform and the Greens also posted breakthrough gains as Labour and the Conservatives fell to historic lows in devolved and local contests.
- Plaid Cymru became the largest party in the Welsh Parliament for the first time following Thursday's Senedd elections, marking a historic shift in devolved politics after Labour's century-long dominance.
- Across 136 English local authorities, Thursday's nationwide contests served as a key test, with polling suggesting both Labour and the Conservatives were set to suffer massive losses to smaller parties.
- Labour lost its majority on Tameside council after 47 years of uninterrupted control, while also losing overall power in London boroughs held continuously since 1971.
- The Greens won their first directly elected local mayors in London, while Reform took majority control at Havering, marking breakthrough performances for both smaller parties.
- In Scotland, the SNP remained the largest group in parliament for a 19th consecutive year, while the Liberal Democrats achieved a historic clean sweep at Richmond-upon-Thames with all 54 seats.
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How the election results made history and set new records
Labour has lost power at a number of councils in England that it had previously controlled for decades.
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Total News Sources10
Leaning Left2Leaning Right0Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Center
Bias Distribution
- 78% of the sources are Center
78% Center
L 22%
C 78%
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