As it happened: Wales' local elections 2017 results

Summary

Labour loses control of Blaenau Gwent and Bridgend and loses its leader in Merthyr Tydfil
In 10 councils there is no party with a majority
Conservatives gain a majority in Monmouthshire and become largest party in Vale of Glamorgan and Denbighshire
Plaid Cymru increases its majority in Gwynedd and falls just short of taking Carmarthenshire

Live Reporting

Ben Frampton and Natalie Crockett

Labour loses control of Blaenau Gwentpublished at 03:43 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Expert analysis of Labour's resultspublished at 03:33 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Independents in the lead in Merthyrpublished at 03:32 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
The Independents have won 16 seats to Labour's 14 in Merthyr Tydfil. The election in one of the council's wards was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Labour needs to win all three of the seats in that ward to secure a majority. The election there will be held on 8 June.
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Labour to keep control in Newport?published at 03:18 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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'Not as dreadful as some suggestions'published at 03:17 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Prof Roger Scully on Labour's night so far
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Local elections making a splashpublished at 03:15 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
BBC Radio 5 Live's Mark Hutchings tweets:
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Labour parliamentary candidate on Merthyr Tydfil rumourspublished at 03:15 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Labour's Barry Gardiner says reports that Labour could lose control of Merthyr Tydfil "would be a huge loss" to the party.
Keir Hardie, the founder of the Labour Party, was the town's MP in the early 1900s.
Mr Gardiner told BBC Radio 4 that Labour achieved a "high watermark" in Wales at the last local elections, adding that "these things go in cycles and we were not expecting it to be as good as it was then".
But he added:
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We have to look at it as coming down from a very high point. In Merthyr it would be a huge loss to us, I would deeply regret that ..."
More Labour losses to Independents in Merthyr Tydfilpublished at 03:10 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Labour loses four out of six seats in Blaenau Gwentpublished at 03:08 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Political scientist Professor John Curtice says so far Labour has lost four out of the six seats it was trying to defend in Blaenau Gwent - in each case to independents.
In Merthyr Tydfil, Labour has lost one out of the eight seats it was trying to defend.
"It looks as though Labour's losses in Blaenau Gwent may be more serious than in Merthyr, while we should bear in mind that in neither case have the Conservatives so far made any advance," Prof Curtice says.
Disappointment for Labour in Merthyrpublished at 03:06 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Brendon Toomey calls the results for his party in Merthyr Tydfil "disappointing"
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Monmouthshire Conservatives confident of a majoritypublished at 03:05 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
More holds for Labourpublished at 03:02 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
BBC Wales' James Williams tweets from Cardiff:
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Triple hold for the Lib Demspublished at 03:01 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
BBC Wales' Rhys Williams tweets from Swansea
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Back to the ballot paperspublished at 03:01 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
BBC Wales' Rhodri Lewis hears rumours of a recount:
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3am summarypublished at 03:01 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Labour has lost its council leader in Merthyr Tydfil in its first significant casualty of the 2017 council elections.
Brendan Toomey lost his seat amid fears of further losses in the authority and also in Blaenau Gwent.
Despite earlier rumours, it is now thought that the latter's Labour leader Steve Thomas may hold on to his seat.
Labour has held onto its 34 councillors in Flintshire - one of the first authorities to have announced all its results. There, the Independents gained one member while the Tories lost one seat.
Wrexham has seen Independents lose three seats to 25, but Labour make no gains, staying at 12 seats. The Tories added four to their previous total, securing nine seats, while Plaid gained one seat bringing them up to three. The Lib Dems lost three seats, falling to two.
Scores on the doorspublished at 02:55 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
The BBC's political correspondent tweets:
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'Great night for Labour' in Flintshirepublished at 02:47 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Labour's Aaron Shotton led the last council in Flintshire. His party was just short of a majority there this time. He told BBC Wales it's been "a great night" for his party in the county.
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'Great night for Labour' in Flintshire
'I did my best'published at 02:40 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Merthyr Tydfil's outgoing council leader Brendan Toomey reflects on his result. He will no longer be a county councillor.
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Plaid Cymru in Ceredigionpublished at 02:38 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
The current mayor of Cardigan, Clive Davies, wins the Penparc ward in Ceredigion for Plaid Cymru.
He told BBC Wales he is "looking forward to the challenge".
But things might not be going as well as Plaid might have hoped in the county, according to our psephologist, Prof Roger Scully from Cardiff University.
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Independent wins seat from council leaderpublished at 02:33 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Brendan Toomey lost by 22 votes in Park ward - the first Labour loss of the night in Merthyr Tydfil and an Independent gain.
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Brendan Toomey, pictured second from right