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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin and Namita Singh

UK Election results - live: Tories brace for loss of key councils as Lib Dems take Hull

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Tories lose Wandsworth as Boris Johnson faces backlash from own councillors

Labour has pulled off a historic victory in the Tory council of Westminster — a seat held by the Conservatives since its creation in 1964.

It came just hours after Tories also lost its “crown jewel” of Wandsworth, which the Labour Party last held 44 years ago in 1978, in a major blow to Boris Johnson.

The loss of council seats across the country has prompted local Conservative leaders to call upon Boris Johnson to “take a good, strong look in the mirror”, while former No 10 chief of staff Lord Gavin Barwell called the defeats “catastrophic.”

Meanwhile, it is looking like a good night for the Lib Dems, who managed the first major swing of the night by winning Hull from Labour. After their victory, Baroness Kramer said it was “a community that in a sense has been taken for granted frankly by both Labour and Conservatives”.

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