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A summary of today's developments
Labour is now the largest party in local government, surpassing the Conservatives for the first time since 2002. It has gained 632 seats while the Lib Dems have gained 417 seats.
The Tories have lost over 960 councillors and have lost control of 48 councils with results still coming in.
The Conservatives have been wiped out in Stockport, despite two of the three local constituencies being represented by Tory MPs. The council remains in no overall control, with the Lib Dems the largest party but increasing their seats from 28 to 30 out of the 63 up for grabs. Labour won 24 seats, up from 18.
The council elections will not conclude until Tuesday after Redcar & Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, stopped counting with just two results to come.
After 18 hours of counting and four recounts, the final two seats up for grabs in the market town of Hertford have gone to the Green party. With its win in Mid Suffolk the Green party has officially taken majority control of their first council in the UK.
A local election in Derbyshire has been abandoned after one of the candidates died while counting was under way. Gillian Lemmon, an incumbent Conservative councillor running for the Hilton ward in South Derbyshire, died on Friday. She was taken ill a few days ago and her condition “suddenly deteriorated”, her Tory co-candidate Sundip Meghani said.
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