East Staffordshire Borough Council had been run by the Conservatives since 2003.

Riyah Collins
BBC News

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We're signing off for now but updates will still appear here as we wait for results from our last two councils: South Staffordshire and Lichfield.

Amara Sophia Elahi
Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

We've got a bit more detail on the election in Stafford.

The borough council was already under no overall control, since two of the Conservative councillors in Weeping Cross and Wildwood became independents.

However, as recently as 2019 the party had a narrow majority.

The latest results have seen Labour win 13 seats, just one fewer than the Conservatives, who lost six councillors.

The Greens also made gains to win five seats.

Tom Cramp
Local Democracy Reporter for Birmingham and Solihull

The leader of Solihull Council has hailed a "great result" for the local Conservative party after bucking the national trend and increasing its council majority.

The Tories gained two seats at the authority.

Councillor Ian Courts explained he had been worried about people casting their votes, saying: "I suspect the turnout will show that."

As for national issues, he said it was "not good" for the Tory party but he had tried to distance that from local politics.

“Local government should not be about a political football ground," he said.

"I am proud of being a Conservative, proud to support Rishi’s government, but fundamentally my job is to support the people of Solihull.”

James Pearson
Political reporter, BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester

The Conservatives have taken back Wyre Forest Dictrict Council after four years of being out of power.

The Tories made six gains, giving them an overall majority of four

It was a bad result for the Independents.

Following the disbanding of the Health Concern party before the election, independents lost seven seats in all.

Lib Dems also lost one seat, while Labour gained two.

The Labour Party gained just two seats in Dudley as the Conservatives remain in control.

In a rare moment of celebration for the Conservatives, they have won Wyre Forest District Council.

It was previously under no overall control, but the Tories made six gains to win 20 out of the 33 seats.

It is the first time in the council's history any other party than the Tories has been in control.

Conservatives strengthen their council position by gaining eight seats as the Independents lose 16.

The Tories lose control of Bromsgrove and Labour becomes the biggest party on Worcester City Council.

Clive Eakin
BBC CWR

Results are in in Warwick, where the Greens have become the biggest party.

The district council remains under no overall control.

The Tories lost a significant 13 seats, ending with just six councillors.

The Conservatives have lost six seats on Stafford District Council as the authority council remains under no overall control.

The Tories are still the biggest party, however, with 14 of the 40 seats.

Labour comfortably hold City of Wolverhampton Council with three gains to take their total number of seats to 47.

Clive Eakin
BBC CWR

While three Conservative council leaders have lost their seats in today's counts, Andrew Day managed to secure his by just five votes.

The leader of Warwick District Council narrowly won his seat in Bishop’s Tachbrook. With turnout at 33%, it could easily have been a different result.

Many of his colleagues were not so lucky - the party expect to have just five councillors by the end of the day, down from 19.

The Tories also suffered in 2019, losing 10 seats that year.

A bit more now on the result in Bromsgrove, where the Conservatives lost control of the council for the first time since 1999 - when the Backstreet Boys and Fatboy Slim were also making waves.

The Tories remain the biggest party with 11 councillors, but lost six seats.

Labour gained three seats and are the second largest party with eight councillors.

The Lib Dems and Independents also made gains.

There is no overall control at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council following Tory losses.

All 56 seats were up for election and Labour gained 11, making it the largest party with 24 seats.

The Tories lost three of their seats and are now left with 22.

At the last election in 2019, there was no overall control either, however a couple of independent councillors defected to the Conservatives, giving the party a majority.

After Thursday's voting, nine seats were lost by independent councillors who now hold eight seats. The Liberal Democrats and Green Party have one each.

Gurdip Thandi
Local Democracy Reporter

The leader of the Labour group on Walsall Council, Aftab Nawaz, said he was disappointed with the election result, with there being no changes in the make-up of the local authority.

The Conservatives retained control and council leader Mike Bird said Labour's failure to make gains locally in line with national trends suggested the party was "not acceptable in Walsall".

However, Mr Nawaz said a key factor in Labour's performance was candidates being selected "very late".

Image source, Local Democracy Reporting Service

“We’ve had some good candidates and they’ve tried really hard but again, there was a lateness in them being selected and no input from the local membership and I think that was a factor," Mr Nawaz explained, adding they were selected by Labour's National Executive Committee.

“There’s nothing better than having local people choosing candidates – we know our areas, we know our streets – and if we did, we would be in a better position.”

No party has managed to secure a majority at Herefordshire Council, meaning it falls to no overall control.

All 53 seats were contested and while the Conservatives secured the largest share with 21 seats, the party was six short of a majority.

There was no majority at the last election either in 2019 and since then the council has been run by an independent and Green coalition.

Shelley Phelps
BBC political reporter

Going into this election, North Warwickshire was a key Labour target.

A Conservative hold since 2015, with two Conservative MPs, Labour said it was "quietly confident" of a "narrow win" ahead of polling.

But no party has won control of this council, although both Labour and the Tories came fairly close.

With 17 seats, the Conservatives were just one short of a majority after losing four.

Labour only gained one to take its total to 15, with the remaining three seats going to independent councillors.

Both sides highlight that seats are being won on very small majorities with just dozens of votes in it. For example, Labour won a seat in the Newton Regis ward from the Conservatives by just one vote.

Both sides also say independents have played a role.

Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today

The Liberal Democrats are celebrating after securing a majority at Stratford-on-Avon District Council for the first time ever.

Local Lib Dem leader Susan Juned has been jubilant as she will now not only lead the local group but the authority too.

Outside the West Midlands, Lib Dem party leader Ed Davey has been hailing "groundbreaking" results as the party takes control of a number of councils previously held by Conservatives.

As well as Stratford-on-Avon, Dacorum and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have gone from blue to yellow.