with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
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declare. let s test the temperature in north warwickshire with shelley phelps. what is happening there? welcome accounting is under way, we are still waiting for a lot of those seats that are key seats that might decide which way the council goes. a key labour target, held by the conservative since 2015. speaking to labour party sources, when i first arrived they told me they were feeling very confident of a narrow win here. when i checked in with their earlier, we have been hearing a lot about recounts, and quite a few seats had ten or 20 bouts in it. they were saying they thought now that maybe things could go to no overall control. forthe overall control. for the conservatives, there overall control. forthe conservatives, there are a lot of their activists and campaigners looking quite nervous. they know that they are having less good of a night tonight. it sounds like they are about to make another declaration now. but all eyes are on
maidenhead, the conservatives have held there since 2007, the local mp, former held there since 2007, the local mp, former prime minister theresa may, traditionally a solid conservative area, traditionally a solid conservative area, that traditionally a solid conservative area, that council has gone from conservatives to the lib dems. they have got conservatives to the lib dems. they have got 22 conservatives to the lib dems. they have got 22 seats, 21 needed for a majority~ have got 22 seats, 21 needed for a majority. conservative councillors down majority. conservative councillors down by majority. conservative councillors down by 16 majority. conservative councillors down by 16 compared to 2019, the lib dems down by 16 compared to 2019, the lib dems up down by 16 compared to 2019, the lib dems up by down by 16 compared to 2019, the lib dems up by 13. so, a difficult position dems up by 13. so, a difficult position for the conservatives, because position for th