of play so far. our political correspondent helen catt has the story so far. a symbolic win for labour wandsworth in south london, tory for 44 years, until now. even in an election about local services, having the lowest council tax in the country didn t keep it blue. the cost of living crisis did come up, as did the massive cuts from the government since 2010. and also boris johnson. borisjohnson was a vote winner for labour, as indeed was keir starmer as well. and i remind you, huw, in 1998, a year after our landslide victory, we didn t win the seat in wandsworth. in 2002, after our landslide victory in 2001, we didn t win the seat in wandsworth, and we ve done it in 2022. wandsworth s former leader blamed the loss on the cost of living and said what he called the issue of borisjohnson was raised. that was echoed by tory councillors elsewhere. it s partygate, it s notjust partygate. there is the integrity issue. basically, ijust don t feel people any longer have the confidence
meanwhile, the lib dems have gained 57 seats, and the greens are up 20. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the story so far. for the conservatives it has been a night of anticipated but still painful losses. wandsworth in south london, tory for 44 years, until now. even in an election about local services, having the lowest council tax in the country didn t keep it blue. the cost of living crisis did come up, as did the massive cuts from the government since 2010. and also, boris johnson. borisjohnson was a vote winner for labour, as indeed was keir starmer as well. in 1998, a year after our landslide victory, we didn t win the seat in wandsworth. in 2002, after a landslide victory in 2001, and we didn t win the seat in wandsworth. we have done it in 2022. wandsworth s former leader blamed
local authority areas, with more than 4,000 seats up for grabs. in just over half of those council areas, counting has already begun. here is the state of the parties so far. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the story so far. for the conservatives it has been a night of anticipated but still painful losses. 0ne night of anticipated but still painful losses. one is worth in south london, tory 44 years, until now. even in an election about local services, having the lowest council tax in the country didn t keep it blue. . .,, ., tax in the country didn t keep it blue. ., . , , blue. the cost of living crisis did come up. blue. the cost of living crisis did
even in an election about local services, having the lowest council tax in the country didn t keep it blue. the cost of living crisis did come up, as did the massive cuts from the government since 2010. and also boris johnson. borisjohnson was a vote winner for labour, as indeed was keir starmer as well. and i remind you, huw, in 1998, a year after our landslide victory, we didn t win this seat in wandsworth. in 2002, after our landslide victory in 2001, we didn t win this seat in wandsworth, and we ve done it in 2022. wandsworth s former leader blamed the loss on the cost of living and said what he called the issue of borisjohnson was raised. that was echoed by tory councillors elsewhere. it s partygate, it s notjust partygate. there is the integrity issue. basically, ijust don t feel people any longer have the confidence that their prime minister can be relied upon to tell the truth.
labour have added three, we mentioned those three symbolic london councils, that puts them on 37. the conservatives are down six. the liberal democrats have added one, taking hull from labour. two more councils are now under no overall control. helen catt has the story so far. a symbolic win for labour wandsworth in south london, tory for 44 years, until now. even in an election about local services, having the lowest council tax in the country didn t keep it blue. the cost of living crisis did come up, as did the massive cuts from the government since 2010. and also boris johnson. borisjohnson was a vote winner for labour, as indeed was keir starmer as well. and i remind you, huw, in 1998, a year after our landslide victory,