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Last Thursday voters in Wales gave Labour a clear mandate to form another government in Cardiff Bay. We always knew this would be a tough election, but our strong local campaigns and our inclusive message meant that we kept all but one of our seats to remain by far...

Knocking on doors on polling day last week it was clear that Labour wasn’t heading for the disaster some predicted. In Milton Keynes, Labour held onto all of its seats targeted by the Conservatives. Given that last year we lost many of them that is no small victory....

It has been a hard election; our position has barely changed and my own small market town was no exception. Our terrific Lincolnshire police and crime commissioner candidate, Lucinda Preston, scored third place across the county, though a very clear first in Lincoln...

In the 2015 general election in Scotland we were lambasted as 'red Tories'. It's a bitter irony, then, to be beaten by the real 'blue Tories', who, it had been alleged were toxic and 'dead' in Scotland. First though there is some good news to help point the way...