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

Corbyn: Local election results provide 'impetus' on MPs to solve Brexit impassepublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Jeremy Corbyn says the local election results provide an “impetus” on all MPs to get a Brexit deal done.
On a visit to Telford, the Labour leader was asked what he thought the local election results meant.
He said: “I think it means there’s a huge impetus on every MP – and they’ve all got that message, whether they themselves are Leave or Remain, or the people across the country – that an arrangement has to be made, a deal has to be done, Parliament has to resolve this issue.
"I think that is very, very clear and I think everyone gets that message.”
Richmondshire: Conservatives lose to no overall controlpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
It's the 34th council that the Conservatives have lost
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Tewkesbury: Conservative holdpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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High Peak: Labour gain from Conservativespublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
It's the fourth council Labour has gained
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Results so far in Northern Irelandpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Jamie Driscoll wins North of Tyne mayor electionpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Labour's Jamie Driscoll has won the North of Tyne mayoral election.
The former engineer said his policies would "help make a real difference to people's everyday lives".
These include community housing co-operatives, a green energy company and a "people's bank".
He won 76,862 votes compared with his Conservative rival Charlie Hoult, who got 60,089.
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Broadland: Conservative holdpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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And the winner is... no overall control?published at 15:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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North Somerset: Conservatives lose to no overall controlpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
It's the 33rd council that Conservatives have lost
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Legal action after 'Brexit' ballot wins election by single votepublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
There's been controversy in Cotswold District Council where one seat was decided by a single ballot paper with 'Brexit' written on it.
Independent candidate Kevin Painter was judged to have come second after the ballot was ruled to be a vote for his Conservative opponent.
BBC Gloucester political reporter Hayley Mortimer says he is planning legal action.
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'A deal has to be done' - Corbynpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Ribble Valley: Conservative holdpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Carlisle: No change, no overall controlpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Could the Greens win Brighton and Hove?published at 15:41 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
BBC South East reporter John Young says "the rumour is the optimism is all with the Green party" in Brighton.
Although the majority of wards are still left to declare, he says Greens are already telling him they could be leading the council again.
In 2011 Brighton and Hove became the first Green council in the country and the area is also home to the party's only MP, Caroline Lucas. However, the party lost control of the council in 2015.
John says Brighton's election has also been affected by national issues, with Brexit damaging the Conservatives and the anti-Semitism row impacting Labour.
Preston: Labour holdpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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PM reacts to heckle at Welsh party conferencepublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Theresa May has rejected a suggestion that the heckler at the Welsh Conservative conference calling for her resignation was repeating in public what people were thinking in private.
The prime minister said the people in the hall "gave a very clear reaction to it" and "they did not want that to be said".
As she addressed the gathering in Llangollen, former councillor Stuart Davies stood up and shouted at the PM, calling on her to resign.
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Hunt: A new PM 'would not help' sort Brexitpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Jeremy Hunt: Changing leader would not help Brexit
Jeremy Hunt has said both the Conservatives and Labour have experienced a “tough time”in local elections and it was because both had “failed” to deliver on Brexit, which they promised to do at the last election.
The foreign secretary told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that changing leader would "not help get this difficult issue of Brexit over the line in a hung Parliament".
The elections saw many smaller parties and independent candidates gain seats.
Labour needs to move on from Brexit - Thornberrypublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry says Labour needs to move on from Brexit to focus on other issues that matter to voters.
She tells the BBC: “I do fully understand why people may feel that we aren’t leading Brexit in the right way, but we’re not in a position to be able to lead.”
"It’s very hard from the sidelines of being the opposition... to try to keep pushing the government in the right direction," she adds.
However, she says the party is "doing the right thing" by "trying to keep the country together by representing both Leavers and Remainers in a democratic way".
Copeland: Labour holdpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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Basingstoke & Deane: Conservative holdpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
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