2022 Local Elections Debrief

Digital panel discussion with Lilah Howson Smith, Senior Associate; Johnny Luk, Senior Associate; and Alex Dawson, UK Politics and Policy Practice Lead, to discuss the results of the UK local elections and the Northern Ireland Assembly elections and why they matter.

They discussed:

• The implications of the results on the government’s position, in light of police fines in No10, cost of living pressures and the war in Ukraine.
• Labour’s ability to convert poll leads into tangible gains in the parts of the country where they need to show they are on track to win a future general election.
• The impact of Northern Ireland’s assembly elections on Northern Ireland’s governance and the UK Government’s approach to the Northern Ireland protocol.