Conservatives and Liberal Democrats making part of Britain’s ruling coalition lost hundreds of seats in local legislatures across the country, whereas the opposition considerably strengthened its positions, according to partial results of Thursday’s local elections.
With some 50 percent of the votes counted for about 5,000 seats in 181 councils across England, Scotland and Wales, Labor gained some 470 new seats. The Conservative Party looked set to lose over 350 seats and the Liberal Democrats, close to 200, according to the Guardian.
The opposition party had won control of 22 councils.
The Guardian reported that Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized to hundreds of Conservative councilors who lost their seats in the local elections. The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, lamented his party's results in the vote.
