The Greens have won majority control of a council for the first time in the UK amid a triumphant set of local election results, with the party gaining close to 240 seats by Friday night, well above even internal expectations.
As well as taking 24 seats on the 34-member Mid Suffolk council, doubling their previous tally, the Greens highlighted their threat to the Conservatives in rural and suburban areas by becoming the biggest party on East Hertfordshire council.
