Britain's governing Conservatives suffered local losses in their London strongholds, according to results announced Friday.
The election also comes after months of turmoil for Johnson, in which he became the first prime minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law in office. He was fined 50 pounds by police for attending his own surprise birthday party in June 2020 when lockdown rules barred social gatherings.
With results from about half of England announced Friday morning, Labour had not made big gains outside of the capital, especially in working-class northern England – areas that Johnson successfully wooed in the 2019 general election with promises to improve local economies and opportunities after Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Voting results were still to come Friday from the rest of England, and all of Scotland and Wales. In Northern Ireland, voters are electing a new 90-seat Assembly, with polls suggesting the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein could win the largest number of seats and the post of first minister, in what would be a historic first.
Johnson´s Conservative government argues taxing big firms like Shell and BP would deter much-needed investment in renewable energy that´s key to meeting Britain´s climate commitments.
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