5pm State of Play – Guido Fawkes

Local Elections: 5pm State of Play

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At 5 p.m. this is the state of play in numbers. 15 out of 23 councils declared:

• Reform has won 548 seats. An increase of 548.
• Tories have won 241 seats. A drop of 534.
• Labour has won 72 seats. A drop of 148.
• LibDems have won 302 seats. An increase of 120.
• Greens have won 65 seats. An increase of 35.

County councils: Reform has control of seven, there are eight under no overall control.

Reform has gained one new mayor. Labour has retained three mayors and lost one. The Tories have gained one mayor from Labour. Hull still to come…

BBC’s projected national share:

• Reform: 30%
• Labour: 20%
• Liberal Democrats: 17%
• Conservatives: 15%
• Greens: 11%
• Others: 7%

UPDATE: Reform wins Hull. That’s two mayoralties in total…