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

Did Extinction Rebellion inspire Green surge?published at 18:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
The Green Party has now won 255 councillors - up 185 on 2015.
With the elections coming after weeks of protests by Extinction Rebellion, should the environmental group be seen as having had an impact on voters' decisions?
Jonathan Bartley, the Green Party's co-leader, certainly thinks so.
He told the BBC he had "no doubt" the Extinction Rebellion group had contributed towards the party's election success, adding it was a "powerful force in building awareness of the urgency of climate change".
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Radio reaction to election resultspublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Any Questions live from Hertfordshire at 20:00 BST
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Sinn Féin loses seat in Collin areapublished at 18:43 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Belfast City Council
Jayne McCormack
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Sinn Féin has lost a seat to People Before Profit in the Collin area.
The Collin District Electoral Area (DEA) has now been filled, after SDLP’s Brian Heading held on to his seat.
The SDLP received transfers from Aontú.
People Before Profit’s Michael Collins has taken a seat here for the party for the first time.
Sinn Féin previously had five seats here - it was a stronghold for them, but the party has lost Charlene O’Hara after she was excluded.
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Candidates in the Collin area
Just over a dozen to gopublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
There are now just 13 undeclared seats remaining in England. Below is the latest scoreboard:
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Corbyn 'serious part of Labour's problem'published at 18:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Arun: Conservative lose to no overall controlpublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Brighton & Hove: No change - no overall controlpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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May on 'constructive talks' with Labour over Brexitpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
The prime minister has welcomed Jeremy Corbyn's comments about wanting to get a Brexit deal over the line.
Theresa May says: "It's what I've been saying for some time; it's what I've been working towards.
"And I hope all across Parliament have got a very clear message as to what the public wants; they want us to deliver Brexit."
She says the government is continuing to have "constructive talks" with Labour to find a way which commands a majority in Parliament to enable Brexit.
"We are trying to ensure that we can find an arrangement that will get a majority in Parliament, and then we can leave the European Union - and I want to do that inside the extension timetable that's been given to us by the EU.
"I want to do that as soon as possible. Of course, ideally, I've always wanted to do that before the European elections."
Rother: Conservative lose to no overall controlpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Hunt: Gavin Williamson 'has a lot to be proud of'published at 18:05 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Former Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was very committed to his role and to the men and women of the armed services, Jeremy Hunt tells BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur.
The foreign secretary says he respects the fact that if the prime minister believes Mr Williamson was responsible for leaking information then she can not have him sitting around the table at the National Security Council.
But he adds that Mr Williamson has “a lot to be proud of, of his record”, and hopes it will not be the last word on his career as defence secretary.
Mr Williamson has strenuously denied leaking information from the National Security Council.
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‘Williamson has a lot to be proud of’, says Jeremy Hunt
The latest scoreboardpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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South Ribble: Conservative lose to no overall controlpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Cheshire West & Chester: Labour lose to no overall controlpublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Guildford: Conservative lose to no overall controlpublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Thanet: No change - no overall controlpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Horsham: Conservatives holdpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Crawley: Labour holdpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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SNP Brexit warning to Labour after election resultspublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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The scoreboard in Northern Ireland so farpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Analysis: Bitter flavour for Labour and Toriespublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
Neither the prime minister nor the Labour leader have anywhere to hide.
After nine years in government it's not surprising that the Conservatives have lost a significant chunk of seats.
But the sheer number that have disappeared and the loss of control of authorities will hurt - especially with so many activists identifying Theresa May's handling of Brexit as a root of the problem, not just a general malaise.
The perceived personal nature of the failure is more of an indignity than an encounter with a heckler in tweeds.
And for Jeremy Corbyn, it IS surprising and disappointing that Labour has simply failed to make any significant capital from such a divided and chaotic government.
However ardently his devotees swear loyalty, the party has fallen back - on this set of results at least - seeming further rather than closer from winning power in a general election he so often claims to crave.
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