Local elections: Reaction as counting continues after polls in England and NI

Summary

Elections are held for 248 English councils, six mayors and all 11 councils in Northern Ireland
Conservatives and Labour both see vote shares fall compared with 2015
The Tories lose 44 councils and 1,334 seats
Theresa May says results message is: "Just get on and deliver Brexit."
Labour loses six councils and 82 seats
Lib Dems take control of 10 councils and won 703 seats
Greens and independents also make significant gains
Anger over Brexit appears to be influencing voters, say experts

Live Reporting

Arryn Moy and Hamish Mackay

Tandridge: Conservatives lose to no overall controlpublished at 01:03 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Conservatives lose their second council to no overall control
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Rochford: Conservative holdpublished at 01:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Lincoln: Labour holdpublished at 01:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Basildon: Conservative lose to no overall controlpublished at 01:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
A second council (the first was Labour losing Hartlepool) goes to no overall control
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Loss of Basildon 'a disappointment'published at 01:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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On the Conservatives holding Swindon, James Cleverly says this was one of the places he expected Labour to pick up seats.
"We are very pleased with that result," he adds.
On losing control of Basildon, he says "we knew it was very tight but that is obviously a disappointment."
Brentwood: Conservative holdpublished at 01:00 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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'Anger and frustration' in Stoke-upon-Trentpublished at 00:56 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
BBC Midlands political editor Patrick Burns is in Stoke-on-Trent where he says there is "anger and frustration" in what is one of the heaviest Leave-voting areas in the country.
The council is currently run by a coalition of Conservatives and a group called City Independents.
"In the City Independence Party, you have the perfect vehicle for that disaffection to express itself," he says.
What is happening in Wirral?published at 00:55 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Reeta Chakrabarti says "something very interesting" is happening in Wirral where Labour's vote share is down 14% and the Greens are up by 12%.
Barry Gardiner says this is partly down to local issues.
"The council has been building on the green belt and that is reflected in the fact that our vote has been lost to the Greens," he says.
More on Hartlepool, which Labour lostpublished at 00:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Ex-Labour MP: Results indicate Corbyn's is 'unable to capitalise'published at 00:52 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Mike Gapes - who used to be a Labour MP before switching to new party Change UK - says early local election results suggest "big moves away" from Jeremy Corbyn's party and the Conservatives. He tweeted:
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Tories 'positive' about holding Swindonpublished at 00:51 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Voters are resorting to protest parties, says Conservative MPpublished at 00:51 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Conservative MP and Brexiteer Sir Bernard Jenkin says "there is a lot of resistance to the two main parties on the doorstep" and voters are "resorting to protest parties".
"We're not expecting particularly good results," he says, adding that "people are very disillusioned."
When asked about the voters' views of the prime minister, he says "she has a degree of personal sympathy but people think it is time for a change."
Barnsley: Labour holdpublished at 00:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Swindon: Conservative holdpublished at 00:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Castle Point: Conservative holdpublished at 00:48 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Victory for Thurrock Independentspublished at 00:48 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Hartlepool: Labour lose to no overall controlpublished at 00:48 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
The first council which has not been held
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Exeter: Labour holdpublished at 00:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Tameside: Labour holdpublished at 00:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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'Early evidence' of the Brexit effectpublished at 00:38 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
In the last couple of days, privately, senior Labour and Tory politicians have been predicting a "plague on both our houses" set of results.
Everybody who works in and around Westminster, everybody who's been paying attention to politics in the last six months or so has seen how both of our main parties have really been struggling to cope with the challenge the electorate has set them.
And it's not therefore surprising if we are seeing this early evidence coming through. The parties are both split in different ways - the Tories more profoundly but Labour too struggling with how to cope with the Brexit challenge.
It may well be, as we've heard from our reporters at counts, that while people have obviously paid attention to local issues, time and again people are saying "whether you're Labour or whether you're Tory, as far as I'm concerned, you're making a mess of it."