The Green Party has seen its first ever mayor elected in Hackney as Zack Polanski’s party continues to eat into dwindling Labour support across the country.
Showing the depth of anger for Labour under Keir Starmer, Zoë Garbett was able to take the Hackney mayoralty for the Greens with 35,720 votes, leaving Labour incumbent Caroline Woodley with just 26,865.
Ms Garbett’s victory comes as yet another historic blow to Labour on a punishing local elections results day – with Sir Keir’s party holding the East-end mayoralty since the role was created in 2002.
In her speech, Ms Garbett said that the people of
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