Local election results 2024 live: Labour says win in Thurrock puts party on course to win general election
Labour take control of Hartlepool and Rushmoor as Bridget Phillipson hails Thurrock result as key
The results of the London mayoral contest and London assembly elections are due on Saturday. Labour’s Sadiq Khan is seeking a third term and polls have put him comfortably ahead of Tory Susan Hall, despite jitters in Khan’s campaign team.
Following the closure of the polls tonight, Khan said his campaign and Labour activists “sent out a message of fairness, of equality and of hope”.