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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 ....
In the results tonight. but we take it on the chin. labour have made steady, if not overwhelming, gains but enough they claim to put them on course to win a general election. right through this evening, you have seen the two words, the two phrases, a bad night for the tories, a good night for labour, whether in stoke, up in hartlepool, whether that s in teesside, or right down through to plymouth. tomorrow we re going to get down through to dover and see what s happening in brighton and hove and crawley and the rest of the south east. the reason is that we have a credible alternative. essex in the early hours and the liberal democrats were cheering the loudest. gains there and further afield were ground breaking, the party claimed. predicting upsets in traditional tory territory. a fantastic result for the liberal democrats in one of the safest tory seats in the country. we ve gained three seats. we re now up to 17 seats and the council moves into no overall control. and it is a time ....
Labour have made steady, if not overwhelming, gains but enough they claim to put them on course to win a general election. right through this evening, you have seen the two words, the two phrases, a bad night for the tories, a good night for labour, whether in stoke, up in hartlepool, whether that s in teesside, or right down through to plymouth. tomorrow we re going to get down through to dover and see what s happening in brighton and hove and crawley and the rest of the south east. the reason is we have a credible alternative. essex in the early hours and the liberal democrats were cheering the loudest. gains there and further afield were ground breaking, the party claimed. predicting upsets in traditional tory territory. a fantastic result for the liberal democrats in one of the safest tory seats in the country. we ve gained three seats. we are now up to 17 seats and the council moves into no overall control. and it is a time of change in brentwood and we are really delighted. it ....