East Midlands live updates and local election results

Summary

Labour lose Bolsover
Independents sweep to power in Ashfield
Labour candidate wins Mansfield mayoral election
Derby City Council remains with no overall control
Conservatives hold Derbyshire Dales, Melton and North West Leicestershire
Lib Dems take Hinckley from Conservatives
Labour maintains grip on Nottingham
Updates for Friday 3 May

Live Reporting

Gavin Bevis, Amy Woodfield and David Pittam

Labour hold Leicester City Councilpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Labour have held control of Leicester City Council.
28 was the magic number they needed to reach.
Thank you to BBC Radio Leicester's politics reporter, Tim Parker, for keeping us updated while he tucks into his lunch...
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Also, Leicester's Lord Mayor and only Conservative, Ross Grant, has lost his seat in Knighton ward.
Labour retains Bassetlaw District Councilpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Dominic Johnson
BBC Radio Nottingham reporter
The party has won 37 seats (of 48), compared with five for both the Conservatives and Independents and one Liberal Democrat.
That is up by four from last election.
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Conservatives hold Newark and Sherwoodpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Dominic Johnson
BBC Radio Nottingham reporter
The final count is in and the Conservatives have retained control of Newark and Sherwood District Council.
According to figures from the council website, they have gained three seats and Labour has lost five.
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Tories retain control of Erewashpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
The final results are in and with 27 seats, the Conservatives have held Erewash Borough Council.
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Conservatives hold Rushcliffe Councilpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
Despite some upset by independents, who took all three seats from the Conservatives in the Leake ward, the Conservatives have held the authority.
They only beat Labour's candidate in Bingham West by 30 votes, and lost two seats to them in the Ruddington ward.
Rushcliffe: Conservatives nearing victorypublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
The Conservatives now need just two more seats to retain control at Rushcliffe Council.
In the past few minutes Frances Purdue-Horan and John Stockwood kept their seats in Bingham West.
The Lib Dems were boosted by a gain in Bingham East, where 21-year-old Lizzie Howitt took one of the two seats which has been vacated by Independent councillors.
While out canvasing Ms Howitt said she discovered a lot of people were "upset" with the stance major parties were taking on Brexit.
She said: "People bring up that the major parties have issues - they bring up the fact the Conservatives are awful with Brexit and the same with Labour so you have to mention national issues.
"You also have to bring up the importance of local issues - things like the availability of housing are also really important."
Blaby: Count halted for fire alarmpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
There was some drama at the Blaby District Council count earlier...
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It's thought scaffolding hit a smoke alarm setting it off. The count is now back under way.
Pay rise for striking catering staffpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Agreement has been reached on a pay rise for catering staff at an NHS trust after industrial action.
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Mansfield mayoral election goes to recountpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
David Pittam
BBC News Online
The second round of votes for Mansfield Mayor is so close a recount has been called, which will start once the staff have had a break.
It is a contest between Labour's Andy Abrahams and incumbent Kate Allsop, from the Mansfield Independent Forum.
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Lady Bay ward has high turnoutpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
Whilst many areas have seen slightly lower than average turnout with few reaching more than half, Lady Bay in Rushcliffe has bucked the trend.
In that ward 54% showed up to cast their vote.
Nationally, turnout is averaging one or two points below the last two local elections.
Lib Dems win seat from Labour in Gedlingpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Rebecca Dickson
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
The Lib Dems have gained a seat from Labour in the Phoenix ward of Gedling Borough Council.
It means both seats in the ward are now Lib Dem - Andrew Ellwood & newly elected Clive Towsey-Hinton.
Overall Labour has enough seats to hold the council.
Two independent councillors have also just taken seats from the Conservatives in Calverton.
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Chesterfield: Results due imminentlypublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Drum-roll at the ready in Chesterfield...
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Newark: Long campaign trail pays offpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Dominic Johnson
BBC Radio Nottingham reporter
There were just 58 votes between all the candidates in Edwinstowe and Clipstone, which swings Conservative.
Michael Brown and Paul Carlton took seats and say they've been out campaigning for about 15 months.
Rushcliffe: Greens push down Labour and Lib Demspublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
The Conservatives have comfortably retained control of the Radcliffe on Trent ward in Rushcliffe.
Image source, Rushcliffe Borough Council.
Three seats were up for grabs, with former council leader Neil Clarke polling 1,167 votes.
Roger Upton got 1,416 votes and Abby Johnson-Brennan collected 1,253.
The greens came in second place with Helga Wills getting 763 votes, well ahead of Labour’s Paul Baron on 617.
Labour hold Gedlingpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy Reporter
Labour have retained their hold over Gedling Borough Council.
Radio Nottingham's Rebecca Dickson said they have won 22 councillors so far, with 6 wards left to declare.
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Mansfield Mayoral election 'down to the wire'published at 13:04 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
The contest for the Mayor of Mansfield is "going to be close", one of the leading candidates has said.
It is currently on the second round after Labour's Andy Abrahams beat incumbent Kate Allsop (Mansfield Independent Forum) in the first.
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Rutland: Party politics 'has no place' in small countypublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Sarah Ward
Local Democracy Reporting Service
The former High Sheriff and Caldecott farmer Andrew Brown has won the Lyddington ward at his first time of standing.
He put himself forward as an independent candidate so the ward would be contested and said he does not think party politics has a place in such a small unitary council as Rutland.
Gedling's Conservative chair is youngest in countrypublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Rebecca Dickson
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
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Final results from Amber Valleypublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Eddie Bisknell
Local Democracy Reporter
All the results are in from Amber Valley and with 24 seats, Labour have taken control of the council from the Conservatives.
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Lib Dems win first Rushcliffe seatpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
The Liberal Democrats have won their first seat on Rushcliffe Council.
Lizzi Howitt was one of two councillors elected to serve Bingham East.
Conservative Gareth Tyson won the other seat. The ward was up for grabs after two independent incumbents stood down.