Summary

  • Conservatives lose Windsor and Maidenhead to Lib Dems - leader ousted by 22-year-old

  • Eastleigh is a Lib Dem HOLD

  • Portsmouth, Hart and Basingstoke stay in No Overall Control (NOC)

  • Havant and Rushmoor are HELD by Conservatives

  • Reading is a Labour HOLD

  • Labour loses Slough to NOC

  • West Oxfordshire and Wokingham stay in NOC

  • Bracknell is a Labour GAIN

Live Reporting

Maria Zaccaro and Marcus White

  1. Independents upset big parties in Portsmouth

    Peter Henley
    Political editor, South of England

    Major parties were licking their wounds after a surge from Independent candidates in the city.

    Labour didn’t make the gains they had hoped for. Conservatives lost heavily. Lib Dems fared better but didn’t win overall control.

    Election results in Portsmouth

    There were glum Labour faces in Portsmouth

    The Portsmouth Independents group have said they will allow councillors to vote freely on each issue.

    Another Independent candidate was former Labour group leader Cal Corkery who was re-elected even though he was expelled from the party.

  2. Lib Dems still dominant in Eastleigh

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    The Liberal Democrats easily held control in Eastleigh, gaining one seat from the Independent group.

    Leader Keith House said it was an "absolute firm rejection of the Conservatives".

    He said plans for the next four years in the borough would include keeping council tax "down”, protecting services and working with the NHS to improve access for people.

    “We also want to make sure green environments are enhanced for everybody," he added.

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  3. Leader ousted by 22-year-old Lib Dem

    Patrick O'Hagan
    BBC Berkshire political reporter

    For six solid hours it was as quiet as could be at the Maidenhead leisure centre where the count for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is taking place.

    And then just as we hit four o’clock in the morning we got the first result...and what a result it turned out to be.

    The Conservative leader of the council Andrew Johnson out, knocked off his perch by baby-faced 22-year-old Liberal Democrat candidate George Blundell.

    George Blundell

    George Blundell pulled off a stunning win against the former council leader

    Cue huge cheers from the men and women in yellow, while all around those in blue rosettes seemed to droop in front of your eyes.

    It was a huge personal blow for the Tory leader and it’s not been getting any better for his party as Lib Dem after Lib Dem took the applause from their colleagues.

    Independents have done well too and as the sun rises over the royal borough it’s clearly been a bad day at the office for the Tories who’ve been in control here since 2007.

    Quite how many seats they’ll lose overall remains to be seen.

  4. Tories shocked in Windsor and Maidenhead
    Breaking

    The Conservatives have lost control of Windsor and Maidenhead after the Liberal Democrats made gains in the royal borough.

    With 17 of the 41 seats still to declare, the Conservatives held only three seats, with the Lib Dems on 13 and independents on eight.

    The Conservatives had 22 seats on the council before polling day, with the Lib Dems on 10.

  5. Just the one result in Berkshire so far...
    Breaking

    • Labour retains control in Reading

  6. First results through in Hampshire
    Breaking

    • In Eastleigh, the Lib Dems have maintained their strong grip on power
    • Hart stays in no overall control
    • Havant is a Conservative hold
    • Portsmouth stays in no overall control
    • Rushmoor is a Conservative hold

  7. Good morning!

    How are we all on this Friday morning?

    We're on hand to give you all the latest results and news from this year's local elections across the south of England.

    Polls were open in parts of Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire yesterday - so sit tight while we get you up to speed on the winners and losers...