The 2 May native elections may have greater than 2,600 seats at stake throughout 107 English councils. Labour's Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham are among the many 10 mayors up for re-election.

Those in Blackpool South will even be voting for his or her subsequent MP after ex-Tory Scott Benton broke Commons lobbying guidelines, triggering a by-election.

With the Conservatives lagging behind Labour within the polls, the result will provide some perception on how voters in England and Wales really feel forward of the final election.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates to debate why the elections are so necessary for prime minister Rishi Sunak's future and the place the important thing political backgrounds are.

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