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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Christopher McKeon and Ian Jones

Two councils in England still without leader two months on from May local elections

Two months on from May’s local elections, two councils in England remain without a leader or a ruling party, in further evidence of Britain’s fragmented political landscape.

The elections on May 7 resulted in 64 local authorities– nearly half of those contested this year – failing to see any single party secure a majority of seats, leaving them in what is known as “no overall control”.

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