Polls open in last big elections before general elections as John Swinney expected to announce run for SNP leader and Scotland’s first ministerGood morning. It’s local elections day and, although in terms of the number of seats being contested this is a smallish local elections round (around 2,600 council seats are up for grabs – last year it was more than 8,000), in other respects this is a major event in the local elections cycle, for four reasons.First, everyone in England and Wales gets the chance to vote for at least something. In all of Wales, and in some parts of England, if you want to vote, you can only vote for a police and crime commissioner. But that’s still a vote. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liveblog/2024/may/02/local-elections-england-john-swinney-snp-leadership-kate-forbes-scotland
Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2024-05-02 10:39:57
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