For anyone who ever thought their vote didn't matter, take a look at Thursday's election battle in one ward in Harlow, Essex.

Three recounts were needed to elect Conservative councillor Michael Hardware.

Labour held the council overall.

Labour needed just one gain for a majority, but lost a seat to the Conservatives.

The Green Party have gained another two seats from Labour in Lambeth, bringing their total number of gains to four.

They now have five councillors in Lambeth overall - one of whom is Jonathan Bartley, the party's co-leader.

The deputy leader of Haringey - held by Labour - has rejected claims that Momentum has now seized control of the council.

22 councillors quit or were deselected ahead of Thursday's vote and the council's former leader, Claire Kober, resigned following a public row with members of Momentum.

Joseph Ejiofor, who is a contender for the new leadership, said: "I'm not accepting the label of a 'Momentum' council at all, I'm not accepting that at all.

"We're a Labour council that has people from all wings of the party as councillors within it."

But he said the anti-Semitism row may have impacted the vote, adding: "I think the reality is that we were unable to convince enough voters that we were taking the issue as seriously as they wanted."

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

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According to the ERS, 3,981 people were denied a ballot paper in the five areas which were trialling voter ID on Thursday.

It comes after widespread reports of some people being prevented from voting after turning up without the required identity documents.

The voter ID trials took place in Bromley, Woking, Gosport, Watford and Swindon.

The chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, Darren Hughes, called the trials a "chaotic, undemocratic mess".

About 5,500 trees have been cut down since 2012 as part of the council's tree-felling programme.

Antony Mullen's Twitter comments included calling Labour MP Diane Abbott a "filthy, bulbous pig".

Birmingham City Council has its first ever Green Party councillor as Labour stays largest group.

There is just one council left to declare - Tower Hamlets in east London.

Here are the latest results in maps.

Labour has held onto Hounslow in west London.

The party won 33 of the 60 available seats while the Tories are at six seats. There are still 21 left to declare.

The Lib Dems have taken control of South Cambridgeshire District Council from the Tories in a surprise result.

Bridget Smith, leader of the Lib Dem group on the council, said Brexit appeared to influence voters.

"I'm pretty sure that next year is ours and for the first time Liberal Democrats are winning in areas that voted out.

"People want liberal politics that put the heart back into local communities and they want people who work hard and do a good job."

Local Conservative MP Heidi Allen said national politics had played a part in the campaign this year.

"My hunch from constituents' emails this year that this is a heavy remain area and people are very concerned about Brexit and are expressing a view even if national politics have nothing to do with local elections," she said.

• No change in Newham where Labour have held on to all the seats
• A big shift in Kingston-upon-Thames - the Lib Dems gain the council by taking 19 seats off the Conservatives and two from Labour

Labour has held on to Barnsley, where new Sheffield City Region Mayor Dan Jarvis is MP, picking up one new seat on the way.

The Lib Dems also gained a seat but the Conservatives remain the second-largest party on four seats.

Labour has failed to take target councils in London, while the Conservatives lost control of Trafford.

See all the results so far mapped.

Andy Street, the Conservative who was elected as the first mayor of the West Midlands a year ago, says he's pleased with election results in the area.

As well as making "great progress" in Wallsall and Dudley, he said: "We stretched our majority in Solihull, and the results in Birmingham are very respectable.

"Some of the wards we've not held for 20 years are returning Conservatives."

As expected Labour has held a number of London councils including:

• Haringey: Labour lost six seats to the Lib Dems
• Lewisham: A clean sweep for Labour here where they took the last remaining non-Labour seat from the Greens
• Hackney: The Lib Dems lost all three of their seats on the council, which saw overall two gains for Labour and one for the Conservatives

The Lib Dems have gained Kingston-Upon-Thames from the Conservatives.

The party has won 30 seats so far of the 48 available.