Lancaster remains a hung councilpublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
There is no change at Lancaster Council, as no party has been able to gain a majority.
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Labour and the Lib Dems have made gains at the expense of Conservatives in local elections, with the Tories losing more than 1000 councillors and 45 councils so far
Labour would have a nine-point lead over the Conservatives based on today's results, if all of Britain voted, the BBC projects
It has seized councils in key election battlegrounds including Swindon, Medway, Dover and East Staffordshire
The Lib Dems took control of councils in Stratford-on-Avon, Dacorum, Windsor and Maidenhead and South Hams from the Tories
The Green Party have won their first ever outright majority on a council in Mid Suffolk
PM Rishi Sunak has acknowledged some "disappointing results", while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his party's on course to win the next general election
You can watch BBC News coverage of the results live by clicking the play button at the top of this page
Lancaster remains a hung councilpublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
Image source, .Tories lose 1,000 seatspublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingWe are still waiting for a dozen councils to declare, but latest figures show the Conservatives have lost 1,000 seats across England.
The Tories could well make these seats back up in the remaining dozen or so councils, but currently look on course to hit the losses projected by experts before the election.
Tories hold Sevenoaks Councilpublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
The Conservatives have been able to hold Sevenoaks Council in Kent.
Image source, .Labour holds Wakefield Councilpublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
Labour have been able to hold Wakefield Council.
Image source, .Tories lose King's Lynn and West Norfolkpublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingThe Conservatives have lost control of King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council, but no party has been able to gain a majority.
Image source, .Tories lose control of Lichfield Councilpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingAnother loss for the Conservatives, this time Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire.
Image source, .Conservatives hold Wyre Councilpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
The Conservatives have held Wyre Council in Lancashire.
Image source, .Labour holds Oldham Councilpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
Labour has held control of Oldham Council.
Image source, .Father and daughter elected in Milton Keynespublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
We've had a deluge of results in the last few hours from across England - but let's turn now to Milton Keynes, where a father and daughter duo have been elected as councillors.
The Liberal Democrat leader and deputy leader of the whole council, Robin Bradburn, managed to hold his Bradwell seat.
Soon afterwards, his daughter Kerrie celebrated winning the ward of Broughton.
The Conservatives lost their place as the party with the most seats, replaced by Labour with 25.
You can read more on their story here.
Councils won in England - as it standspublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
Image source, .No change at Rother Councilpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
There is no change at Rother District Council in East Sussex.
No party has been able to gain a majority.
Image source, .Tories lose Tonbridge & Malling Councilpublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingThe Conservatives have lost control of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council in Kent, but no party has been able to gain an overall majority.
Image source, .Lib Dems gain West Berkshire Councilpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingThe Liberal Democrats have gained control of West Berkshire Council, taking it from the Conservatives.
Image source, .Lib Dems gain South Oxfordshirepublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingThe Liberal Democrats have seized control of South Oxfordshire Council.
Image source, .Labour gain Brighton & Hovepublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
BreakingLabour has gained control of Brighton & Hove Council in Sussex.
Image source, .No change at Lewes Councilpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
There has been no change at Lewes Council in Sussex.
Image source, .No change at Spelthorne Councilpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
There has been no change at Spelthorne Council.
Image source, .No change at Swale Councilpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
There has been no change at Swale Council.
Image source, .The key results as Labour gains hit 19 and Greens seize controlpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
It has just gone 18:30 and the majority of councils have declared - 204 out of 230 councils to give you the latest figure.
But, we've had quite the flurry in the last few hours so let's have a look at some of the key results:
- Labour have gained 19 councils now - adding the likes of Thanet, Dover, Bracknell Forest, Swindon, Plymouth, Medway and Stoke-on-Trent to their control
- The Liberal Democrats have gained nine councils, including the former Conservative strongholds of Windsor and Maidenhead, West Berkshire as well as Stratford-on-Avon and Surrey Heath
- At the latest count the Tories have lost 41 councils overall, but they have won control of Torbay, Slough and Wyre Forest
- The Greens have won their first ever outright majority on a council in Mid Suffolk
Tory Police and Crime Commissioner loses seat in Derbyshirepublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 5 May 2023
Georgia Roberts
BBC Radio DerbyOne particularly painful scalp for the Conservatives is Derbyshire’s Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster losing her seat on North East Derbyshire District Council by just six votes.
Labour took the council from no overall control earlier today, after the Conservatives won the council in 2019 for the first time.
This week the Conservatives there said they were “cautiously optimistic” about hanging on in North East Derbyshire. The council takes in both the North East Derbyshire and Bolsover constituencies, both currently held by Conservative MPs (in Bolsover’s case, it’s first).
But Labour have been fighting hard. They will be pleased with the resurgence they needed to show coming to fruition in these key battlegrounds.