LONDON • English voters frustrated with the deadlock over Brexit have punished Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives and the main opposition Labour Party in local elections, early results showed yesterday.
The main beneficiary of the swing against the two main parties - which are in talks to try to break the impasse in the British Parliament over Brexit - was the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, who had gained 354 councillors so far, and said they hoped to make further inroads during European Parliament elections on May 23.
Smaller parties also gained in the local elections. The Greens, who also back a second Brexit referendum, gained 68 council seats, the partial results showed, and independent candidates won 251 seats. Mrs May told her party in Wales:"There was a simple message from yesterday's elections, to both us and the Labour Party: just get on and deliver Brexit."
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