- 投票s の近くに in 地元の 選挙s across England and むちの跡s as 投票（する） counting begins
- 会議 seats up for 得る，とらえるs in 107 当局, while there are 11 市長の contests
- Blackpool S outh 補欠選挙 was also held on Thursday with 労働 注目する，もくろむing a 勝利，勝つ
- Rishi Sunak is nervously を待つing results that might decide his political 運命／宿命
- Tory 反逆者／反逆するs are 均衡を保った to pounce on a dismal night with a fresh 企て，努力，提案 to 追い出す the PM
投票s have の近くにd tonight in 地元の 選挙s that could decide Rishi Sunak's 運命／宿命 - 同様に as 存在 a final 実験（する） of 投票者 opinion ahead of the ぼんやり現れるing Westminster contest.
The 総理大臣 - and 労働 leader Sir Keir Starmer - will be nervously を待つing the results of 会議 選挙s across 107 地元の 当局 in England.
投票（する）ing also took place from 7am on Thursday in 11 市長の contests, 37 police and 罪，犯罪 commissioner 選挙s, and a 議会の 補欠選挙 in Blackpool South.
Tories 恐れる they could lose?up to half of the 会議 seats they are defending.
市長の 戦う／戦いs in Tees Valley and the West Midlands will also be a 重要な 晴雨計 of 保守的な and 労働 fortunes ahead of the 総選挙.
In London, 労働 市長 Sadiq 旅宿泊所 is 推定する／予想するd to 勝利，勝つ an historic third 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in City Hall にもかかわらず a challenge by Tory 競争相手 Susan Hall over?ULEZ and 罪，犯罪 率s.
The 保守的なs are 予報するd to lose to 労働 in Blackpool South, which would be the seventh Westminster 補欠選挙 the party has lost with Mr Sunak as PM.
There are some 関心s in Tory 階級s that the party might even finish third behind 改革（する） UK, the Nigel Farage-支援するd outfit, in the Lancashire seat.
保守的な 反逆者／反逆するs are 均衡を保った to pounce on a dismal night for Mr Sunak by 開始するing a fresh 成果／努力 to 追い出す the PM from No10 in the coming days.
Sir Keir will be hoping for a strong 業績／成果 from 労働 - 特に in 重要な 'Red 塀で囲む' areas - to show they are on 跡をつける for 力／強力にする at Westminster.?
The first 会議 選挙 results are 推定する／予想するd すぐに after midnight, while the 市長の results aren't 予定 to be 発表するd until Friday afternoon.
The Blackpool South 宣言 should come in the 早期に hours of Friday morning.
Rishi Sunak was canvassing in Chelsea with his wife Akshata Murty on Thursday morning as the country 長，率いるd to the 投票s in 地元の 選挙s
Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrived at a 投票ing 駅／配置する in London this morning to cast their vot es
投票（する） papers are counted at the Silksworth Centre in Sunderland
投票（する）s are 注ぐd out to be counted at Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre, Esssex
Rishi Sunak's string of 補欠選挙 losses as PM?
- July 2023 - Selby and Ainsty (労働 伸び（る）)
- July 2023 - Somerton and Frome (自由主義の 民主党員 伸び（る）)
- October 2023 - 中央の Bedfordshire (労働 伸び（る）)
- October 2023 - Tamworth (労働 伸び（る）)
- February 2024 - Wellingborough (労働 伸び（る）)
- February 2024 - Kingswood (労働 伸び（る）)
As 投票s の近くにd tonight, 労働 MP?Pat McFadden MP, the party's 国家の （選挙などの）運動をする 調整者／コーディネーター, said: 'The most important 選挙 of the night is the historic 補欠選挙 in Blackpool, 原因（となる）d by yet more Tory 大混乱 and スキャンダル.
'It's the only 選挙 today where 投票者s have had the 適切な時期 to 直接／まっすぐに 拒絶する Rishi Sunak's party in Westminster.
'It's going to be a long night and the 十分な picture of results from 地元の 選挙s may not be （疑いを）晴らす until over the 週末, but we 推定する／予想する to see 労働 伸び（る）s that show we're making 進歩 in the places we need to 勝利，勝つ the next 総選挙.'
自由主義の 民主党員 leader Sir Ed Davey also sought to pile the 圧力 on Mr Sunak, 説: 'Up and 負かす／撃墜する the country, so many lifelong 保守的な 投票者s 支援するd the 自由主義の 民主党員s today'.
Every 投票者 in England and むちの跡s was able to cast a 投票（する） in at least one type of 選挙 before 10pm on Thursday.
There were 2,600 会議 seats in England up for 得る，とらえるs across 107 当局.
Many of the seats were last fought in 2021 - a year in which the 保守的なs did 特に 井戸／弁護士席 in 地元の 選挙s at a high point in Boris Johnson's 首相の職.
The Tory 低迷 since then?was 論証するd by the 最新の YouGov 投票, published on Thursday, showing the party on 18 per cent with 労働 on 44 per cent.
This was the lowest 保守的な 投票（する） 株 of this 議会, lower than under Liz Truss, when it sank to 19 per cent.
The 調査する of?2,010 British 投票者s, 行為／行うd between April 30 and May 1, also showed the Tories only three 百分率 points ahead of 改革（する） on 15 per cent.
同様に as the 市長の contest in London between Mr 旅宿泊所 and Ms Hall, there are also likely to be の近くに-run 戦う／戦いs in Tees Valley and the West Midlands.
投票s 示唆するd 狭くする contests between 保守的な 現職のs Ben Houchen and Andy Street, それぞれ, and their 労働 競争相手s.
The result of the Blackpool South 補欠選挙 is likely to be 宣言するd just before 夜明け breaks on Friday, with 労働 tipped to take it from the Tories.
The 議会の contest was 誘発するd by the 辞職 of former Tory MP Scott Benton from the House of ありふれたs after he was caught up in a ロビーing sting.
The 保守的なs won the Lancashire seat at the 2019 総選挙, with Mr Benton as the party's 候補者, with a more than 3,500-投票（する） 大多数.?
But 労働 have overturned 意味ありげに greater Tory 大多数s in 最近の 補欠選挙 contests in?Kingswood, Wellingborough, Tamworth, 中央の Bedfordshire and Selby and Ainsty.
On Thursday,?Mr Sunak and his wife Akshata 提起する／ポーズをとるd for pictures out （選挙などの）運動をするing in Chelsea, while Sir Keir went to 投票（する） in London with wife Victoria.
Other 政治家，政治屋s gave a glimpse into their family lives, with Mr Houchen carrying his baby into a 投票ing 駅／配置する in Tees Valley.
Both main parties sought to manage 期待s ahead of 投票ing day, with （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Jeremy 追跡（する） 主張するing 政府s can get 'punished' in 地元の 選挙s.
He told Sky News: 'Tony Blair easily lost those 量s of 議員s.?
'And, you know, David Cameron lost hundreds of 議員s in the run up to the 2015 総選挙.
'So, you know, we are 推定する／予想するing to see 重要な losses. That often happens in 地元の 選挙s.
'But what we say to people is, look, this may be a moment when you want to 表明する a 見解（をとる） about the 国家の picture.
'But 現実に the 地元の services you depend on will be decided by how you 投票（する）.'
一方／合間 労働 said the 市長の system favours 現職のs, though Sir Keir Starmer said he is '希望に満ちた' it will 勝利，勝つ the West Midlands contest.
勝利，勝つs for both Mr Houchen and Mr Street and would 申し込む／申し出 the Tories a ray of light in what 予測（する）s 示唆する could be a dismal 始める，決める of results.
But 専門家s 警告するd the metro 市長 races would be the 'least reliable 指示する人（物）' of what could happen at a 総選挙.
Both Mr Houchen and Mr Street received 支援 from Mr Johnson.
The PM 's 圧力（をかける） 長官 said the former 首相s 介入s were welcome, にもかかわらず both 候補者s having appeared to have distanced themselves from their party 忠誠 throughout （選挙などの）運動をするing.
投票ing guru Sir John Curtice told an 学校／設ける for 政府 event this week the Tories were 強調ing the two 市長の 戦う／戦いs 'because they think they might manage to 勝利，勝つ the contest and therefore they'll be able to cover whatever 災害s happen どこかよそで'.
'Because of the personal 投票（する）s of these two, (these contests are) going to be the least reliable 指示する人（物）,' he said.
'平等に, conversely here in London, Sadiq 旅宿泊所 will not do 同様に as the 労働 Party would do in a 総選挙 because Sadiq has a 消極的な personal 投票（する）. But this city is now so strong 労働, he's going to 勝利，勝つ anyway,' he said.
In a final message before 投票ing 駅／配置するs open, Sir Keir said: 'Britain is, にもかかわらず everything this Tory 政府 has thrown at it, a 広大な／多数の／重要な country.
'Its people, 商売／仕事s, and communities continue to come together in the 直面する of adversity. It is a strong nation of pride and 可能性のある, with boundless ambition for its family and its community.
'But it needs a 政府 to match that ambition, and with a 計画（する） to 打ち明ける it. Today, you have a chance to 投票（する） for that change, and pass a 判決 on fourteen years of 拒絶する／低下する. You can start to 再構築する our country and take your community in a different direction.'
The 自由主義の 民主党員s, who have 焦点（を合わせる）d （選挙などの）運動をするing 成果／努力s in 伝統的な 保守的な areas, said 投票ing day would be a moment for Mr Sunak to '直面する the music'.
Sir Ed Davey said the results would be a 'damning 判決 on 記録，記録的な／記録する waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s, 汚水 destroying rivers, and the worst cost of living 危機 in a 世代'.
'The country knows the buck stops at the door of 負かす／撃墜するing Street,' he said.
Sadiq 旅宿泊所 and his wife Saadiya Ahmed 投票（する）d in London this morning as the London 市長 捜し出すs to 勝利，勝つ an historic third 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in City Hall
Tory 候補者 Susan Hall challenged Mr 旅宿泊所 over ULEZ and 罪，犯罪 率s in the 資本／首都 as she sought to 追い出す him from office?
Enzo the dog waits at a 投票ing 駅／配置する in London
最高の，を越す 閣僚 大臣s 急ぐd to Mr Sunak's defence ahead of the 地元の 選挙 results.
Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the ありふれたs,?dispelled rumours of a leadership 企て，努力，提案 and 誓約（する）d to stand by the PM.
She told MPs on Thursday: 'I too have read that I'm to be 任命する／導入するd rather like a new boiler into No10 next week.
'And I have to say there is as much truth to these stories as there is in 労働's 保証／確信s to its 商売／仕事 community that it isn't 現実に goi ng to do the things it's been 説 it's going to do, as it's 約束d its union paymasters.
'But let me say again, I support our PM and I will continue to support him after this 週末 and beyond.'
On Wednesday, 商売／仕事 長官 Kemi Badenoch 主張するd that the PM was 安全な 関わりなく the 結果 of the 地元の 選挙s.
She told Sky News: 'I think there's a lot of noise 存在 made by people who want to get attention but the PM has the 十分な 支援 of the 閣僚, he has my 十分な 支援.'
Asked whether that would be the 事例／患者 even if the 保守的なs 苦しむd a drubbing on Thursday, Ms Badenoch said: 'I think that is 権利.'
Mr Sunak's 圧力（をかける） 長官 did not 否定する a Bloomberg 報告（する）／憶測 that Mr Sunak told Tory staff that they could be part of the 'greatest 復帰 in history', in an admission of the 規模 of the challenge he 直面するs.
The 圧力（をかける） 長官 said: 'There is no 疑問 that we have work to do. It's 明白に been a really 堅い time for the country with Covid and ウクライナ共和国 and the 衝撃 of that on インフレーション.
'But... I can look 支援する at the last week, we've done a 大規模な defence 告示 which 労働 have not matched, which means that our country would be at 危険 under 労働.
'We've done a 大規模な 福利事業 介入 to 演説（する）／住所 the unsustainable rise in the 福利事業 法案. And we are 明確に making some 進歩 on 取り組むing 違法な 移民／移住.'
