Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Derbyshire County Council will remain Conservative.
The party has surpassed the 33 seats needed to give them an overall majority - even though several ward winners are yet to be announced.
The party has taken seats from several former Labour wards, including South Normanton & Pinxton, Tibshelf and Sutton.
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The former Conservative MP Edwina Currie has failed to secure a seat on Derbyshire County Council.
Ms Currie announced she was coming out of political retirement to stand as a candidate for Whaley Bridge.
The ward was retained by another former MP, Labour's Ruth George, who received 2,544 votes to Ms Currie's 1,878.
Ms George said she was "absolutely delighted" to be re-elected.
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The seat in Worksop North has been taken by Conservative Callum Robert Bailey.
He won just 154 more votes.
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Results from Leicestershire have started with a bang - the Labour group leader Terri Eynon has lost her seat in Coalville North.
It was won by Conservative Craig Andrew Smith with 42.8% of the votes.
Conservative have also gained a seat from Labour in Forest and Measham.
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The Green Party has taken the Derbyshire County Council seat of Duffield and Belper South.
Gez Kinsella received 2,277 votes.
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Derby City Council remains under no overall control after results were counted in the local elections overnight.
The Conservatives are still the largest party on the council having gained four seats and lost one.
Baggy Shanker, the Labour leader in the city, held his Sinfin seat but said he felt "slightly disappointed" by other results.
Image source, Derby City CouncilHis colleague Paul Pegg, who he described as a "big character" that "really works hard", lost his seat in Mackworth to the Conservatives.
Mr Shanker thinks the results nationally have been influenced by the government response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"I think there's been a huge boost for the Tories because of the vaccination programme," he said.
After talking to voters in the city, Mr Shanker said some people were "not fully engaging" with issues affecting Derby.
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In Nottinghamshire, the Conservative have made up for their loss in Greasley and Brinsley by gaining two new seats.
Tom Smith snatched the seat in Blidworth and Nigel Turner in Worksop South.
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Conservatives so far have a net gain of one seat in Nottinghamshire.
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Elizabeth Williamson has taken Greasley and Brinsley from the Conservatives with 48.1% of the vote.
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Amy Woodfield
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The first few results in the Nottinghamshire County Council elections are starting to come through.
Ashfield Independents have won seats in Kirkby South, Sutton Central and East and Sutton North.
The Conservatives have won seats in Bingham West, Balderton, Tuxford, Nuthall and Kimberley and Retford West.
Labour have won seats in Worksop East, Blyth and Harwood.
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BBC News
Results are starting to come in for the Derbyshire County Council elections.
So far, the Conservatives have won the most seats, with victories in Ilkeston South, Clay Cross North, Barlborough and Clowne.
Labour have held seats in Shirebrook, Pleasley and Bolsover South.
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BBC East Midlands political editor
It's been a good night for the Conservatives in Derby.
Their leader in the city, Chris Poulter, says they have done as well as they could have.
They've made gains, although not enough to win overall control, but he says their hand has been strengthened so they will carry on running things.
He says on the doorsteps people reacted favourably to investment planned locally and the way both the city council and the government has supported people through the pandemic.
Councillor Poulter admitted that the system of only electing a third of the council at a time probably denied the Conservatives a chance to win control for the first time since 1991.
He's personally in favour of changing the system to whole council elections which would give greater continuity.
Amy Woodfield
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Votes are being counted in Erewash, where there are nine seats up for grabs on Derbyshire County Council and two on Erewash Borough Council.
The Erewash votes are for by-elections in Ilkeston’s Hallam Fields and Long Eaton’s Nottingham Road wards.
Image source, Erewash Borough CouncilIn Erewash, the turnout of voters for the county council election was 36.45%.
The majority of those - 77.6% - were postal votes.
It's an increase on the 2019 election turnout where just 32.8% of voters took part.
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Conservative candidates have won all four seats being contested in the South Derbyshire District Council by-elections.
The vacant seats were in the Church Gresley and Seales wards, with two in the Hilton ward.
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Preparations are under way for vote counting in North West Leicestershire, where there are eight county council wards up for grabs.
Two district council seats, Ibstock East and Worthington & Breedon, have already been announced.
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BBC News
A couple more by-election results to bring you up to speed on.
At Harborough District Council, Peter Critchley was elected as councillor for Little Bowden - that's a Conservative hold.
Image source, PA MediaMeanwhile at Mansfield District Council, Robert Elliman won the Oakham ward, external for the Conservatives.
The by-election was called as a result of Lee Anderson's resignation, external.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Derby City Council has released turnout figures for yesterday's vote, external.
It ranges from a high of 47.7% in Allestree to a low of 23.9% in Derwent.
Overall, turnout was 33.7%, down from 35.9% in 2019.
Image source, Derby City CouncilHere's a full list:
Abbey - 30.8%
Allestree - 47.7%
Alvaston - 27.7%
Arboretum - 24.6%
Blagreaves - 39.6%
Boulton - 28.7%
Chaddesden - 33.8%
Chellaston 34.6%
Darley - 37.6%
Derwent - 23.9%
Littleover - 41.2%
Mackworth - 26.8%
Mickleover -: 45.4%
Normanton - 32.1 %
Oakwood - 35.2%
Sinfin 25.1%
Spondon - 36.7%
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Nearly all the results may be in for the Derby City Council election but there will be plenty more vote counting across our region today and through the weekend.
Elections have taken place for Derbyshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Leicestershire County Council and Amber Valley Borough council.
Image source, PA MediaWe're also due to find out the results of police and crime commissioner elections for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
And by-elections have been held for Leicester City Council and Erewash Borough Council.
We'll continue to bring you the latest results as they're announced.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Chris Poulter, the Conservative leader of Derby City Council, was in buoyant mood after seeing his party strengthen its position at the authority.
He said: "We're delighted actually - I don't think it could have gone much better for us.
"We've made gains. We've held our own and overall our percentage share of the vote across Derby has increased significantly.
"So it puts us in a stronger position, it gives us a stronger team and a team we can go forward with for the next 12 months and build on our successes."
David Pittam
BBC News Online
We won't know the full result until counting starts again this afternoon, but the results so far are...
This means the Conservatives have tightened their grip on the city council but cannot win a majority.
For that they need 26, and they currently have 20 with two seats left to count.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Counting for the Darley ward, which has two seats up for grabs, has been suspended until 16:00.
A Derby City Council spokesperson said this was because of "an issue with the verification of votes".
Declarations have been made for 16 of the 18 seats being contested.
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