🚨 Left-wing independent Jamie Driscoll is neck-and-neck with Labour in the North East Mayoral contest.

🟥 Kim McGuinness (Labour): 35%
⬜️ Jamie Driscoll (Independent): 33%

Via More in Common, 19-24 April

🗳️ Labour lead by 22% (majority of 346)

🟥 LAB 44% (+1)
🟦 CON 22% (-4)
🟪 REF 13% (+1)
🟧 LD 9% (=)
🟩 GRN 6% (-1)
🟨 SNP 3% (+1)

Via Girls Thoughts, 25-26 April (+/- vs 18-19 April)

🗳️ NEW | Tory Ben Houchen LEADS in Tees Valley:

🟦 CON 51% (-22)
🟥 LAB 44% (+17)

Via YouGov, 12-29 April (+/- vs 2021)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NEW | Latest Holyrood seat estimate:

🟨 SNP 49 (-15)
🟥 LAB 38 (+16)
🟦 CON 23 (-8)
🟧 LD 10 (+6)
🟩 GRN 9 (+1)

Based on YouGov poll, 26-29 April (+/- vs 2021)

🗳️ Labour lead by 23% (majority of 354)

🟥 LAB 45% (+2)
🟦 CON 22% (+2)
🟪 REF 14% (=)
🟧 LD 9% (-3)
🟩 GRN 6% (=)
🟨 SNP 3% (=)

Via Redfield & Wilton Strategies, 28 April (+/- vs 21 April)

🗳️ In the West Midlands, the Tories lead by 2pts:

🟦 CON 41% (-8)
🟥 LAB 39% (-1)

Via More in Common, 19-24 April (+/- vs 2021)

🚨 BREAKING: Humza Yousaf has resigned as SNP leader, with a leadership contest set to start as soon as possible.

He leaves office as the shortest-serving SNP leader in the history of the party.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 With Humza Yousaf expected to resign, what would Holyrood look like in the event of a snap election?

🟨 SNP 43 (-21)
🟥 LAB 42 (+20)
🟦 CON 22 (-9)
🟧 LD 12 (+8)
🟩 GRN 10 (+2)

🚨 Left-wing independent Jamie Driscoll is neck-and-neck with Labour in the North East Mayoral contest.

🟥 Kim McGuinness (Labour): 35%
⬜️ Jamie Driscoll (Independent): 33%

Via More in Common, 19-24 April

🚨 BREAKING: Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that if the Conservatives deport migrants to Rwanda, Labour will not bring those people back to Britain.

'I don't think we're looking to unpick that situation'.

🖊️ UPDATED: Who will win the Mayoral elections?

I've updated my Mayoral elections preview with all the latest polling, including the shock survey in the North East which suggests Jamie Driscoll is within 2pts of victory...

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🚨 North East Mayor voting intention:

🟥 LAB 35%
⬜️ IND 33%
🟪 REF 14%
🟦 CON 11%
🟩 GRN 4%
🟧 LD 4%

Via More in Common, 19-24 April

🗳️ Projected result for Merseyside Police Commissioner:

🟥 LAB 58% (+1)
🟩 GRN 16% (+16)
🟧 LD 15% (-2)
🟦 CON 11% (-12)
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🟪 REF n/a (-4)