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
getting 33 seats, the conservatives on 22. can i draw your attention down here? it is a 64% leave vote in the brexit referendum in 2016. we know labour has had a hard time in brexit area since that vote, but an indication they are moving in the right direction. look what happened, conservatives down by 13, labour up by 11. we can go to stoke on trent next, a red ball seat. labour areas that the conservatives did well in the 2019 general election. the comparisons are with the 2019 local elections. once again, labourare doing well, taking the council from overall control to labour. once again, doing well in an area where it had a big leave vote in 2016, almost 70% leave. there has been a collapse in the independence, labour have benefited from that. in the