Hilary Benn says Labour is having a "very good night and a very good morning" in Leeds, where he's MP for the city's Central constituency, although full results are yet to be declared.

He admits it's a "mixed night" for his party across the country and says Labour "needs to win people's trust and confidence".

Asked whether Brexit had been an issue at the polls, he recalls speaking to a former UKIP voter on the doorstep who said he would vote Labour this time around because the EU referendum had been dealt with.

Labour has gained control of Plymouth from the Conservatives after winning nine of the 15 seats declared so far, reports the Press Association. It says the party now has at least 29 of the 57 seats on the council.

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It is currently too close to call in Wandsworth.

Professor Tony Travers has told the BBC that "Labour are getting larger swings in the marginal wards".

These "could make a difference," Prof Travers said.

Swings in both directions have been reported, with Conservatives making gains in some of Labour's strong holds.

BBC London's Political Editor Tim Donovan says "we're in recount territory" in some wards.

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

We now have 19 key wards in from London and they show a 1.5% swing from Conservative to Labour, far short of what Labour needs to pick up anything other than perhaps Barnet, but in contrast to the position outside of London where there is so far a 1% swing from Labour to the Conservatives.

This is clearly not an election at which either party has moved decisively ahead of the other.

Labour started the day with a 41-seat lead in the west London borough of Ealing. But if it holds on to power, it'll have been no stroll in the park for leader Julian Bell.

He's reportedly hobbling round the count complaining of severe blisters, having won a competition between Labour activists to walk the most steps on polling day.

Apparently, he completed 36510 paces before midnight. It's a long road to power.

We're hearing that Labour's hold on Sheffield town hall is mathematically safe, despite the party losing a couple of seats in the wake of a row about trees being felled around the city.

The Labour leader of Derby Council, Ranjit Banwait, has lost his seat to UKIP. BBC Radio Derby's political reporter Chris Doidge says Mr Banwait was present for neither count, nor declaration.

The Conservatives have lost control of Trafford Council, having lost five seats. It's now under no overall control. Labour, which won four seats, is now the largest party, with 30 councillors - one ahead of the Tories.

Here's the state of play, with results in from 55 of the 150 council areas where voting has taken place:

• Labour: 31 councils (-1), 617 seats (-6)
• Conservatives: 20 councils (+2), 383 seats (+59)

• Lib Dems: 131 seats (+17)
• Green: 9 (no change)
• UKIP: 2 (-76)

Justine Greening has said the "predicted Labour landslide isn't going to happen" in Wandsworth.

But the Conservative MP for Putney admitted it had been a "mixed picture".

"As predicted Labour will pick up some seats," she said.

She said her party were "fending off quite successfully a Labour onslaught" because "as local Conservatives we've run a very positive campaign".

Conservative backbench 1922 Committee chairman Graham Brady believes his party has lost control of the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford. The MP for Altrincham and Sale West, which is in Trafford, says it's "tremendously disappointing" to lose power after 14 years and suggests voters didn't realise how tight many of the wards were.

He says local, rather than national, issues were at play, adding: "My concern is that many of my constituents are going to potentially face the consequences of a less competent council."

Polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice says that after the declaration of four wards in the borough, the swing to Labour measured more than 10%. "There seems little doubt that the Conservatives are gong to lose control of this council in a predominantly Remain-voting area," he adds.

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The new council is made up of 35 Labour, 35 Conservative, 1 UKIP and 1 Independent.

Conservatives had needed to win at least 16 wards to take control.

They did gain two seats and UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge lost his seat.

The West Midlands council of Dudley remains under no overall control but the Conservatives are now the joint-largest party with Labour, having gained seven seats at the expense of UKIP.

UKIP has secured its first seat of the election, holding on to the Derby ward of Alvaston, on a night when it has largely been wiped out.

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