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Local election results live: Final local election races to be decided as Tories pick over bleak results - BBC News Local election results in full: Final local races to be decided as Tories pick over bleak results - BBC News
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There was a lot of chatter on Laura Kuenssberg's show earlier about the general election - despite the fact that we're still awaiting the last results from the local elections. Salford City Council has just announced its results, meaning we now have a complete picture from the 2024 local authority elections.
In January, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he expected to go to the polls "in the second half" of 2024, but there has been speculation that an election could take place earlier. A third of councillors were up for election and Labour have picked up one at the Conservatives' expense.
The latest a Parliament can be dissolved for a general election is on the fifth anniversary of the day it first met. It doesn't have any impact on who runs the council or the overall national picture, but it wraps up a bleak run of results for the Tories with another Labour gain.
That means 17 December 2024. However, 25 working days are then allowed to prepare for the election. We're just waiting for police and crime commissioner results in Sussex and Kent before we can officially declare the 2024 local elections over.
So, the very latest the next election could be is 28 January 2025.
Read more about the next election here
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