Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May focus on their successes on a mixed night which sees their parties level-pegging in share of votes.

Labour retains Oxford while the Tories keep West Oxfordshire, despite losing seats.

The political make-up of Cherwell Disctrict Council is now: Conservatives 37; Labour 9; Liberal Democrats 1; Independents 1.

The big winners were the Liberal Democrats - it's been some years since they had a seat on the council.

Alaric Rose picked up Kidlington West with a lead over the Tories of more than 700 votes.

The Lib Dems had made an electoral pact with the Greens who stood aside for them in Kidlington West.

The Lib Dems equally stood aside for the Greens in Kidlington East, the pact not paying off for the Green party with the Conservatives holding that seat.

The Greens did they say they wanted to continue working with the Lib Dems.

Overall it was a good day for Labour. They picked up an extra seat in Banbury Cross but the party was disappointed it didn't make any gains in Bicester.

The Tories lost two seats, though they did narrowly pick up Bicester South from Independent Nick Cotter.

Results are starting to come in at Cherwell District Council, where a Tory majority is guaranteed.

To start, Bicester South and Ambrosden has seen the Conservatives gain an independent seat.

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Gosport Borough Council has said 44 people were unable to vote yesterday because they did not bring the necessary ID.

The borough was one of five areas trialling a system to help stop electoral fraud.

Residents were required to show photo ID such as a passport or driving licence, or two non-photo items such as a council tax bill and bank statement.

The borough said 20,612 people voted, including 72 people who returned with ID after initially being turned away at polling stations.

Returning Officer Michael Lawther said: "We ran a very extensive publicity campaign to tell people they needed to bring ID, and what types of ID were acceptable."

There may now be just two Green Party councillors in Oxford but it seems the party isn't rushing to conclusions about its long-term prospects.

It lost two seats to Labour but held St Mary's.

Green councillor Dick Wolff said: "Is this people showing support for Corbyn's leadership, but given we have a city council leadership which is not Corbynite, is it saying the opposite?"

The Conservatives gain two wards and a Labour candidate becomes the youngest woman to win a seat.

Earlier we brought you a tweet suggesting the Lib Dem's win in Quarry and Risinghurst was Labour's first loss in Oxford for more than decade..

We set our fact checkers on the case and Lib Dem councillor Andrew Gant is right.

It is the first time Labour has lost a seat in the city since the 2006 local election, when the Lib Dems took Headington Hill and Northway and Cowley from Labour.

But the party's supporters can still argue it was a good night overall as they took two seats from The Green Party.

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The political make-up of Basingstoke and Borough Council is now: Conservatives 8; Labour 9; Liberal Democrats 2; Independents 1.

Twenty out of 60 seats were up for election.

All 39 seats were up for election in Eastleigh.

The political make-up remains the same and is as follows: Liberal Democrats 32; Conservatives 4; Independents 3.

The full results can be found here.

A total of 14 out of 39 seats were up for election in Rushmoor.

A total of 15 out of 45 seats were up for election in Winchester.

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The turnout figure for Hart District Council was 36.27%, the authority said.

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Nineteen-year-old Ellie Emberson has become the youngest female councillor ever on Reading Borough Council, winning Minster Ward for Labour.

This also makes her one of the youngest councillors in Britain.

Speaking at the overnight count she told the BBC: "The votes were coming in and we saw that we had the bigger pile, and it just kept growing and growing and growing."

She sees her age as a means to give a voice to a generation she feels is underrepresented in politics.

"Young people deserve to be represented," she said, "young people are in the community so someone has to step up and represent their thoughts and opinions.

"So I thought, 'I'll step up and do it myself'".

Ms Emberson is Reading born and bred, attending Coley Primary School and Prospect School.

She started out in local politics as chair of the Reading Youth Cabinet in 2014, becoming the Member of Youth Parliament for Reading a year later.

Despite these years of experience, she does inevitably come across views based on her teenager status, but her career has set her up to be thick-skinned.

"It is difficult when people say 'you're too young'", she said, "but then other people are saying it's amazing that young people are getting involved.

"There's a complete mix of opinions on the doorstep and it's just about making sure you listen to everyone."

The political make-up of West Oxfordshire District Council is now: Conservative 35; Liberal Democrats 8; Labour 6.

Seventeen out of 49 seats were up for election.

The Tories lost five seats, while the Liberal Democrats and Labour gained three and two seats respectively.

More detailed results can be found here, external.