Local council election results 2018 - live
Local elections 2018Seats on 150 councils are up for grabs in this year’s local elections, the first major test of public opinion since last year's snap general election.
Most of the seats were last up for election in 2014, when Labour won more than 300 councillors.
Overview
| Councils gained | Councils lost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 3 | Barnet, Basildon and Peterborough | 3 | Plymouth, Richmond-upon-Thames and Trafford |
| Labour | 1 | Plymouth | 2 | Derby and Nuneaton & Bedworth |
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | Richmond-upon-Thames | 0 | |
| No overall control | 3 | Derby, Nuneaton & Bedworth and Trafford | 3 | Barnet, Basildon and Peterborough |
| Other | 0 | 0 | ||
London results
Change in councillors
There was early disappointment for Labour when they failed to take the traditionally Conservative councils of Wandsworth and Westminster. (Note: Bexley council has reduced its number of councillors)
Full results
Large metropolitan councils such as Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds are electing all of their seats, while councils such as Wolverhampton, Amber Valley and Milton Keynes only have a third of their seats on offer.
London is one of the key battlegrounds, with all seats on the 32 borough councils up for election. Labour was expected to do well, based on their performance at the snap election. They have been campaigning hard to win the traditionally Conservative-controlled Wandsworth council.
Labour targets outside of London include Dudley, Walsall and Stockport, where they are currently the largest party but fall short of an overall majority. The Conservatives are defending slim majorities on councils such as Amber Valley, but could take control of Peterborough.
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Data source: Press Association
