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UK local elections 2022: Eight areas to keep a close eye on this year
05.05.2022 - 22:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Millions of voters are heading to the polls to decide who they want to run their councils as local elections take place across the UK today. More than 4,000 councillors across 146 councils in England are standing for election, and the results will be trickling in from the early hours of Friday morning.
While the main parties will be fairly confident about which authorities they can keep hold of - councils in some areas will be hotly contested, and all eyes will be on those key battlegrounds as the votes are counted.
Local elections decide who will be responsible for local public services such as bin collections, education and housing and planning. But they can also be a good indication of how much support the main local parties have nationwide.
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This year will be a big test for prime minister Boris Johnson, who has been dismissing calls for him to resign since reports around the partygate scandal first emerged at the end of last year. Labour has been leading the opinion polls since then and has a seven-point lead heading into the local elections.
As well as partygate, the Tories have been hit with a string of other controversies, including one MP being found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage boy and another quitting after admitting he watched pornography in the Commons. Other issues influencing voters could include the cost of living crisis and how the government has responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Once polling stations close at 10pm, the first results are likely to be announced just a couple of hours later, while others are not set to declare their winners until much later on Friday. In the meantime, we've had a
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