Conservatives Hail Wins, SNP Making Gains: U.K. Elections Update
- Hartlepool votes for first Conservative MP in seat’s history
- Johnson’s party lifted by vaccine rollout, delivering Brexit
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is celebrating what he called “very encouraging” early results in a crucial set of British elections, after his ruling Conservative Party hammered the main opposition in a high-profile contest in the Brexit-backing town of Hartlepool.
Johnson’s party is picking up support in Britain’s “Super Thursday” elections on the back of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, as well as completing the divorce from the European Union. On the flip side, pressure is growing on Labour leader Keir Starmer after his party’s disastrous showing in Hartlepool and around the country.