Losses in Oxford, Oldham, Manchester and Rochdale appeared to signal discontent among voters with Labour’s approach to the conflict.
A pro-Palestine protest outside the Black Country & Marches Institute of Technology in Dudley where Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer launched his party’s local elections campaign in March
Labour also lost council seats to independents in Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford, while George Galloway’s Workers Party of Britain gained from it in Manchester and Rochdale.Shadow home secretary Ms Cooper told BBC News: “We do strongly recognise there are areas where we have had independent candidates who have been particularly strongly campaigning on Gaza and where there is really strong feeling about this issue, because tens of thousands of people have been killed.
The party lost a further two seats to the Greens on Friday, and now have 20 of the 48 councillors, with 11 independents, nine Lib Dems and eight Greens. It remains the largest party on Oldham Council with 27 out of 60 seats, while the number of independent councillors has risen to 16. The Workers Party also won its first two council seats in Rochdale, where Mr Galloway won a by-election in March.
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