NEW: Big Labour success-they've GAINED the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoralty. 
Labour didn't even make it to the second round back in 2017, they came third
Labour came second in the first round but with second preferences their candidate Nik Johnson, was elected
Labour came second in the first round but with second preferences their candidate Nik Johnson, was elected
The mayoralty takes in some very Conservative areas, with Labour Cambridge and swingy (though marginally Conservative) Peterborough
Looking through the details, very much a case that Lib Dems came through for Labour on second preferences.
Looking through the details, very much a case that Lib Dems came through for Labour on second preferences.
Eg in John Major’s old stomping ground of Huntingdonshire
Lots of "blue wall" posts-not so sure.Lib Dems are reanimating in these parts (see Cambridgeshire CC) and clearly a slow Labour growth in parts of the south. But suspect this is more an example of how with a different electoral system progressive parties might do very differently
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