England goes to the polls in local elections crucial for Rishi Sunak’s immediate future

Rishi Sunak: the prime minister's Conservative party could lose more than half of its 919 seats in local elections on Thursday. Photograph: UK Parliament/PAVoters go to the polls in England on Thursday in a crucial set of local elections that could determine the immediate future of Tory prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

The council elections include several areas of the so-called Red Wall of working class areas in the north and midlands of England, which will be closely watched for clues around voter sentiment.Mayoral races could determine if Rishi Sunak sinks or swimsMr Sunak’s Conservative party is braced to lose more than half of its 919 seats. If, as some pundits suggest, it loses more than 480 seats, it will equate to the party’s worst result in a set of local elections.

The situation could become more serious for Mr Sunak if the Conservative candidates suffer a wipeout in the mayoral elections, which include big urban areas such as London, Manchester, the West Midlands region around Birmingham and the Tees Valley around Middlesbrough.

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