Labour hold Nottingham City Councilpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 3 May 2019Breaking
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
With 12 out of 20 wards declared, Labour have retained control of Nottingham City Council.
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
Labour hold Nottingham City Councilpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Conservatives largest party on Derby City Councilpublished at 03:15 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsAll the wards in Derby have now been declared and the city council remains in no overall control.
With one third of the council up for election, Labour lost six of the 11 seats it was defending, making the Conservatives the largest party on the authority with 20 councillors, having gained one.
UKIP and the Lib Dems were both celebrating with two gains each, both at the expense of Labour, while independent candidate Philip Ingall took Chellaston from the Tories.
The makeup of the council now looks like this:
- Conservatives: 20
- Labour: 16
- Lib Dem: 7
- UKIP: 5
- Independent: 3
Crude drawings scrawled on ballot paperspublished at 02:31 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Amy Orton
Local Democracy ReporterOne candidate in Melton has reported seeing a "fair few" spoilt papers.
Annotations included a picture of giant male genitals, an "uncomplimentary comment" about the prime minister and Brexit scrawled across the page.
Other voters wrote "none of the above" and "not him/her" next to all of the candidates.
There were 19 spoilt papers in the two wards declared so far.
Image source, PABeckett: Voter ID trial may have hit turnoutpublished at 02:15 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsVoter ID trials have taken place in Derby, Broxtowe and North West Leicestershire - but Derby South MP Margaret Beckett has reservations.
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End of twitter postVotes verified in Broxtowepublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Steve Beech
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamCounting's now under way in Broxtowe.
Derby remains with no overall controlpublished at 02:01 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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End of twitter postLively battle in Snibston Northpublished at 01:58 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsElliott Allman was the winning candidate.
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End of twitter postSon of Derby UKIP leader wins seatpublished at 01:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporterUKIP win Boulton ward in Derby with a thumping majority. Alan Graves (son of UKIP's leader in the city) takes the seat.
And in quick succession UKIP's Kirk Kus takes the Alvaston seat of Labour's Paul Bayliss, the former leader of the authority.
Big win for Ashfield Independentspublished at 01:42 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Pip Watts
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamFirst result in at Ashfield District Council - a landslide win for Ashfield Independents in Dales ward, a gain from Labour.
At the last election in 2015, Labour controlled the council with 22 seats. The Conservatives' had four wards as did the Independent group.
Tories claim third Chaddesden seatpublished at 01:35 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsFrom BBC Radio Derby's political reporter...
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End of twitter postBrexit 'cast shadow on Labour's Broxtowe campaign'published at 01:34 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Steve Beech
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamIn Broxtowe a senior Labour councillor tells me campaigning has been overshadowed by Brexit.
“It’s very hard to talk about council houses and town centres when people just want to discuss why we haven’t left yet.”
Predicts that Labour may win four or five seats here but unlikely to overturn Tory majority.
Nottingham turnout figure revealedpublished at 01:30 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy ReporterCounting is under way in Nottingham where the turnout figure was given as 29%.
Possible UKIP and Lib Dem gains in Derbypublished at 01:27 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Tony Roe
BBC East Midlands political editorI don’t think anyone here is expecting Labour to win back control of the council they lost a year ago. In fact I'm hearing they may actually lose some seats.
The Conservatives say they found it difficult to divorce the campaigning from the issue of Brexit. They're uncertain in some seats too and I don't think they're going to gain overall control either.
We could, then, see UKIP picking up some seats and there may be some for the Lib Dems too.
Former deputy loses seatpublished at 01:15 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThe first declarations are already coming in.
Janghir Khan (Labour) has held the Normanton ward in Derby - very easily, according to BBC Radio Derby's Chris Doidge.
But Labour's Martin Rawson (pictured) - the former deputy leader of the city council - has lost his Derwent seat to Conservative James Testro.
Meanwhile the Conservatives have lost Snibston North to an independent candidate in NW Leicestershire.
'Low turnout' in Broxtowepublished at 01:14 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Steve Beech
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamVerification of votes has almost finished at Broxtowe Borough Council with counting due to start shortly.
All indications are that turnout is low.
Melton Council leader 'bitten by angry dog'published at 01:06 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Amy Orton
Local Democracy ReporterOuch! This is Melton Borough Council leader Joe Orson's leg after he was bitten by an "angry Alsatian".
He was out on the campaign trail in Leicestershire leafleting for the Conservatives.
“My problem is, I’m not scared of dogs,” he said. “I don’t like Alsatians as much anymore though.”
Image source, Joe OrsonCounting under way at North West Leicestershirepublished at 00:40 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Tim Parker
Political reporter, BBC Radio LeicesterGood morning everyone. I'm starting off at North West Leicestershire District Council where votes have already been verified and counting is under way.
Low turnout in Nottingham?published at 00:34 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamI'm at the count for Nottingham City Council, where it already looks like we may be close to the first results - must say something about turnout.
'Looking bad for Labour' in Derbypublished at 00:30 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Chris Doidge
Political reporter, BBC Radio DerbyI'm at Derby Arena where we're expecting the results for the city council a little bit earlier than usual.
It's looking bad for Labour with four or five seats looking likely to go elsewhere and another two or three possibles.
All the other parties could pick up seats with the end result of the council still in no overall control but the Tories hope they'll be the largest party.
Live election coverage through the nightpublished at 00:21 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsHi everyone and welcome to our live coverage of the local elections in the East Midlands.
We'll be bringing you the latest news and results as they come in over the next few hours.