Elections in 16 councils across South
Tories hold councils including Havant, Winchester. Gosport. and West Oxfordshire
Labour gains in Portsmouth, which stays no overall control
Labour holds Reading, Southampton and Oxford
Southampton Labour and Conservative leaders both lose seats
Portsmouth City Council leader Donna Jones says she will continue to lead a Conservative minority administration after the local elections which saw Labour make gains in the city.
Donna Jones on local election results
The UKIP vote collapsed in Portsmouth, while Tory and Labour leaders in Southampton are both out.
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Tristan Pascoe
BBC Radio Solent political reporter
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The Conservatives have held control of Gosport despite the Lib Dems gaining four seats.
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The Conservatives have held on to control of Winchester City Council, but with a reduced majority of one, after losing two seats to the Lib Dems.
The Conservatives have held on to control of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Tristan Pascoe
BBC Radio Solent political reporter
Southampton Labour leader Simon Letts on losing seat on city council
The leader of Southampton City Council Simon Letts said he was "immensely disappointed" to have lost his seat after 18 years on the council.
Labour kept control of the city council, but Mr Letts lost his seat in Bitterne. Conservative group leader Jeremy Moulton also lost his seat.
Luke De Costa
BBC Radio Solent reporter
Eastleigh council leader Keith House has held his seat in Hedge End South with the second largest vote - so under the rules brought in for the boundary changes - he will serve two years.
The Lib Dem’s are dominating the Conservatives and have claimed three seats so far.
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Eastleigh is a hold for the Lib Dems.
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The make-up of Oxford City Council is now Lab 36, Lib Dem 9, Green 2, Independent 1
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Labour has maintained control of Oxford City Council, winning two seats from the Greens.
Tristan Pascoe
BBC Radio Solent political reporter
Labour has retained control of Southampton after winning eight of the 16 seats contested, with some wards still to declare.
The Conservatives had needed to win at least 13 seats to take control.
However two giants of local government in Southampton fell - Labour leader of the council Simon Letts lost his seat, as did Tory group leader Jeremy Moulton.
Labour has kept control of Reading Borough Council.
The only change was the Tilehurst ward which switched from Lib Dem to Tory.
Confirmation that the seat of Southampton's Labour leader Simon Letts has been won by the Conservatives.
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Peter Henley
Political editor, South of England
Labour are doing well here in Portsmouth. Libs Dem hopes of winning control back from Conservative minority control have been dashed.
It seems that Labour took votes in 'Remain' areas in the south of the city while in the north, Conservatives picked up the more pro-Brexit vote.
Lab may be feeling revilatised but they still only have a small number of councillors
The UKIP vote is down 23%