India, May 8 -- The UK's Green Party has secured a seismic victory in the 2026 local elections, unseating British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party to win the Hackney mayoral race and ending a quarter-century of Labour dominance in the borough.

Zoe Garbett, the newly elected Mayor of Hackney, claimed victory in a result that has sent shockwaves through the UK's political establishment, marking the first time the Green Party has won a directly elected executive mayoralty in the country. The win is being hailed by party leaders as a definitive signal that voters are looking for a radical alternative to the traditional two-party system.

The victory came after a high-energy campaign that focused on local housing crises, air quality...