Local elections 2023: An hour-by-hour information to when key outcomes are anticipated – and what we all know to date

Votes are being counted on this yr’s native elections in England.

The outcomes will are available waves with all councils anticipated to declare by 8pm on Friday.

Elections have been held in 230 of England’s 317 councils, inside district, borough, county borough and unitary authority councils, together with 4 mayoral elections in Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield and Middlesbrough.

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This is your information to the important thing seats to be careful for by way of the day – and what we all know already.

The story to date

• Labour have gained 5 councils from the Conservatives. The first was Medway. It was established as a brand new council in 1997, however even throughout its landslide victory, Labour couldn’t win it outright.

• Labour additionally took East Staffordshire from the Tories’ small majority, successful 11 seats. And their focused marketing campaign to take Swindon from the Conservatives paid off too.

• The social gathering’s win in Erewash, Derbyshire is a constructive signal for his or her hopes of a General Election victory. The Conservatives had held it since 2003.

• Labour additionally took Bracknell Forest, seen as one of many UK’s most right-wing new cities, with 18 new seats and the Tories shedding 27 of their earlier 38.

• The Liberal Democrats gained 4 councils from the Tories. They gained Windsor and Maidenhead, with the Conservatives shedding 16 seats – three to independents and 13 to the Lib Dems. This is the bottom variety of seats the Tories have ever had in Windsor, in a dramatic shift for former Prime Minister Theresa May’s parliamentary constituency.

• Sir Ed Davey additionally celebrated a “blue wall” upset in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, taking it from Conservative management for the primary time in 20 years to construct on by-election outcomes there.

• The Lib Dems additionally gained 13 seats to take Stratford-on-Avon from the Conservatives, most of which lies in former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi’s parliamentary constituency.

• And they took South Hams from the Conservatives, gaining 9 seats whereas the Tories misplaced two.

• The Conservatives misplaced management of 16 councils to no general management – Tamworth, Brentwood, Hertsmere, North West Leicestershire, East Lindsey, South Gloucestershire, South Kesteven, Welwyn Hatfield, Maidstone, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, West Devon, North Warwickshire, Tewkesbury and Pendle.

• Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent, Blackpool, Middlesbrough, North East Derbyshire, Broxtowe and High Peak in Derbyshire all went from no general management to Labour.

• Middlesbrough now additionally has a Labour mayor after Chris Cooke took the publish from an unbiased incumbent.

• Hartlepool, remained below no general management regardless of each events seeking to seize a majority – after Boris Johnson secured a by-election victory within the parliamentary seat in 2021.

• Bolton stays below no general management, however Labour made 5 good points whereas the Conservatives misplaced seven seats. It is one in all a number of Metropolitan Boroughs the place the rise of native unbiased teams has affected the power of 1 social gathering to grab a majority. There have been additionally no adjustments in Sheffield, which remained no general management.

• The Conservatives misplaced seven seats to no general management in Bromsgrove, former chancellor, well being and residential secretary Sajid Javid’s parliamentary constituency, which has been Tory-held since 1983.

• The Conservatives held all three of their West Midlands battlegrounds in Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Walsall was a key measure of progress for Labour and its bid to win the subsequent General Election.

• The Tories additionally fought off Lib Dem competitors to carry East Cambridgeshire in a victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s social gathering.

• Labour’s first general loss was Slough, which has develop into no general management. The Conservatives are actually the most important social gathering there after Labour misplaced 17 seats.

• They didn’t win the 4 seats they wanted in Burnley, which remained no general management together with North Hertfordshire and Darlington.

• Sir Keir Starmer’s social gathering held Gateshead, however his bid to extend the bulk there didn’t materialise, with the Lib Dems gaining two seats from Labour.

• Labour gained three seats to carry Rossendale and in addition retained management of Knowsley and Manchester.

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• There have been no adjustments in Watford, the place the Lib Dems held, or in Milton Keynes, which is run by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition.

• Wokingham and Tunbridge Wells remained no general management.

• There have been questions round Elmbridge in Surrey, the place cupboard ministers Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove each have their constituencies, nevertheless it remained no general management, regardless of Lim Dem good points within the space.

From 3pm

• The outcomes of the Mansfield mayoral election are due mid-afternoon.

• Politics watchers also needs to concentrate on the leads to Torbay, the place the Conservatives misplaced their majority to no general management in 2019.

• Results for Stafford and West Suffolk are additionally attributable to be confirmed between 2pm and 4pm.

From 4pm

• Later within the afternoon, outcomes will rush in from a lot of key battlegrounds. The first will likely be Dover, the place the Tories gained a seat from Labour in a neighborhood council by-election in 2021. If the Conservatives lose three seats, they lose general management.

• Stockton-on-Tees also needs to declare on this interval. Labour misplaced management of the council in 2019 and the parliamentary constituency later that yr within the basic election.

From 6pm

• The closing rush will start at 6pm – however by this level, we are going to possible have a good suggestion of the general image.

• Those to declare on this wave will embody Lancaster, New Forest, South Derbyshire, Mid Devon and Bedford.

• Waverley is predicted to declare at round 6pm. In May 2019, the Liberal Democrats got here inside six proportion factors of the Tory complete – however gained solely 14 seats in comparison with 23 for the Conservatives. The Lib Dems will likely be hoping to make good points and seats to construct stress forward of the overall election.

From 8pm

• The final result’s anticipated to return from York, which is at the moment run by a Liberal Democrat and Green coalition. Labour is hoping to make good points.