Livingstone defeat seals Labour poll disaster

Ken Livingstone’s defeat in the race for London mayor put the seal today on a disastrous set of elections for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

In his first electoral test as PM, Mr Brown led Labour to its worst results for 40 years, losing nine councils and more than 330 seats, crashing into third place nationally behind the Liberal Democrats and watching Boris Johnson seize the reins of power in the capital last night.