English elections 2021: Conservatives make gains across country
The Conservatives have taken control of 13 more councils in England in last week s local elections.
The party has gained an extra 236 councillors according to the final count, with Labour losing control of eight councils.
The Conservatives secured victories in Amber Valley, Basildon, Basingstoke & Deane, Cannock Chase, Cornwall, Dudley, Gloucester, Harlow, Maidstone, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Pendle, Southampton, Welwyn Hatfield and Worcester.
It lost control of Cambridgeshire, Isle of Wight and Tunbridge Wells.
The Conservatives also won the Hartlepool by-election with a majority vote of almost 7,000. This is the first time they have taken the former ‘red wall’ seat for the first time since the constituency was created in 1974.
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