Laura Francis
Broadcast Journalist, BBC WM

It's been a "disappointing night" for the Labour Party in Walsall, one of its councillors said.

The borough council remains under no overall control - Conservatives have 30 seats, Labour 26, Lib Dem 2, Ind two.

The party missed out on its Walsall target, with the council remaining in no overall control.

Councillor Ian Robertson, who was re-elected in Blakemore Ward says Labour "shall move forward and help serve the people of Walsall".

The new council is made up of 35 Labour, 35 Conservative, 1 UKIP and 1 Independent.

Conservatives had needed to win at least 16 wards to take control.

They did gain two seats and UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge lost his seat.

Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC WM

The Conservatives have gained two Dudley seats from UKIP and Labour so far.

Halesowen North is a Tory gain from UKIP. Belle Vale ward was a former Labour seat.

Jake Cooper, 18, said: "The Conservatives are giving young people a chance to stand up for their communities".

The Conservatives will keep running Dudley Council for the next year.

Labour cannot take overall control of Dudley with results from 21 of the 24 wards up for election declared. The party had needed to win at least 12 wards to take control.

Worcester remains under no overall control.

The council had been a target for both the Conservatives and Labour.

The new council is made up of 17 Conservatives, 15 Labour and three Greens.

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge has said he has been let down by the leadership of the party.

He was speaking after he lost his Dudley Council seat of Sedgley.

Image source, Getty Images

"We've all been obliterated," he said and placed the blame firmly with Gerard Batten who assumed party leadership in February.

Mr Etheridge said Mr Batten "cannot lead" and "should be ashamed" of the lack of support for local council candidates.

In an interview on the Daily Politics Show on Tuesday, Mr Batten said he had inherited nothing when he assumed the leadership, and that there was "no election campaign".

The Dudley UKIP group leader Paul Brothwood lost his Wordsley seat and also blamed the national party leader.

The Conservatives hold onto Rugby - the new council is formed of 24 seats for the Tories, nine for Labour and nine Lib Dem.

The Labour party holds onto Sandwell Council.

The new council sees Labour hold 70 seats and the Independents have two.

The BBC's Political editor Laura Kuenssberg thinks they have.

James Fanning
Reporter, BBC WM

Wolverhampton North East MP Emma Reynolds and South East, MP Pat McFadden, are at Aldersley Leisure Village cheering on the Labour councillors

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

The scene is set for the election results in Dudley.

The cameras tell the story, it’s a key marginal currently under no overall control.

UKIP’s Bill Etheridge told me they expect to lose a significant amount of seats in Dudley and that’s come true as he lost his Sedgley seat.

it's significant because UKIP has formed alliances with both Labour and Conservatives to lead the council in recent years.

BBC West Midlands's Political editor Patrick Burns is here and will be live on BBC One throughout the night.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC News

Asha Mattu, wife of former Wolverhampton mayor Elias, successfully gained the Graisley seat.

Elias Mattu died earlier this year at the age of 59 following an illness. He'd been councillor for Graisley for almost 18 years.

Image source, Wolverhampton City Council

Laura Francis
Broadcast Journalist, BBC WM

Overall turnout in Walsall is 29%.

Just as we say how tight it is, we hear Walsall remains under no overall control.

Labour only needed a small swing to gain an overall majority.

Laura Francis
Broadcast Journalist, BBC WM

Here in Walsall I'm hearing from party leaders that turn out is very low.

Conservative Mike Bird, says that one of the wards, Willenhall South had a turnout of just 13.5% by 8pm but that remains to be seen in the final results.

Meanwhile, Conservatives have gained both UKIP seats and taken two from Labour.

Wendy Morton, Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills, says its too close to call.

The Conservatives hold onto Tamworth by a majority of 15.

The party gained two seats, one from Labour and one from the Independents, leaving the council makeup as Conservatives 22, Labour five, Independents one plus one vacant seat.

Labour holds onto the council - it would have only lost overall control if it had lost all 12 of the seats it was defending.

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

UKIP are the big losers so far tonight.

Bill Etheridge MEP has lost his seat on Dudley Council.

He was defending his Sedgley seat.

James Pearson
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Some wildly different turnouts in Worcester’s wards. Fifty six per cent in Battenhall where the Greens are hoping to take the seat off the Conservative mayor.

Yet in Warndon - where two councillors will be elected tonight - turnout was only 23%.

Turnout also higher than usual in Gorse Hill at 33%, where Tories sense they may be in with a shout with the departure of the long-serving Labour councillor.

Labour have held onto Cannock Chase, external with a slim majority of just one seat.

Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

The Tories losing just two seats in Rugby would mean they were no longer in overall control - but they would still be the biggest party.

The Labour Party is the official opposition, with nine seats. But the Liberal Democrats have eight seats, and it would not take too much to change for them to become the second biggest party.

Another interesting element is that the two independent seats in Rugby are also up for grabs, and both sitting councillors have chosen not to defend them.

That means the wards Hillmorton; and Wolston and the Lawfords will definitely change hands by the end of the election count.