MAY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULT THREAD

CLICK LINK FOR LAST NIGHTS ELECTION THREAD

CLICK LINK FOR MAY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS PAGE

On the right hand side I will keep a running total of seats gained and lost party by party >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 END OF RUNNING COMMENTARY AS I WILL BE UPDATING THE RESULTS PAGE

CLICK LINK FOR MAY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS PAGE

 2.02pm LABOUR HAVE NOW GAINED 100 SEATS

1.55pm ISLE OF WIGHT

Council leader David Pugh has lost his seat to an independent.

1.41pm NORFOLK LOST TO NO OVERALL CONTROL BY CONSERVATIVES

 7 divisions left to declare & 8 req for majority 

1.39pm CORNWALL - ANOTHER CLOSE ONE

UKIP gain Camborne Treswithian - look at the vote breakdown!!!
UKIP: 232
Lab: 220
Con: 216
MK-PC: 204

1.33pm WORCESTERSHIRE

Tories retain overall control, with 10 seats still to declare.

Con: 29
Lab: 7
LD: 3
Grn: 2
UKIP: 1
Lib: 1
Health: 1
Ind: 3
The seats to declare are the 5 divisioms which return 2 councillors (Redditch x 4 and Stourport)

1.31pm NORTH YORKSHIRE & WEST SUSSEX CONSERVATIVE HOLD

1.17pm BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RESULT

Con  36
UKIP  6
LD     5
Lab   1
Ind    1

1.09pm DEVON HELD BY THE CONSERVATIVES

1.02pm CORNWALL - THE LOWEST SHARE OF THE VOTE FOR THE WINNING CANDIDATE I THINK IN THE UK (I stand to be corrected)

Labour's Robert Webber gains Camborne Treslothan with 19.76% of the vote!
He beat UKIP  by 7 votes.
Labour 19.76%
UKIP 18.98%
Ind 16.76%
MK-PC 16.2%
LD 6.77%
Green 6.44%

1.01pm CONSERVATIVES HAVE NOW LOST 100 SEATS WITH 25 COUNCILS STILL TO DECLARE

12.55pm CUMBRIA

Party		Seats	+/-
Labour		35	10
Conservative		26	-12
Liberal Democrat		16	1
Independent		7	1

84 seats up for election - Whole

12.51pm LANCASHIRE

Lab 33 C 18 LD 5 with 28 seats to declare. The Tories are a racing certainty to lose their majority, but I'm not sure whether Labour get to 43 seats and a majority; that's 27 gains from 2009, and Labour are currently on 17 gains.

12.43pm WARWICKSHIRE - CONSERVATIVES LOSE TO NOC

12.35pm Its been the most popular search for this blog but 

C gain South Ribble Rural East. It's the end of the road for the Idle Toad.

12.24pm KENT

Hythe Green Gain

BAKER, Georgina UKIP 1100 +9.3%
BROWNSCOMBE, Paul Anthony Labour Party Candidate 418 +3.7%
MATTHEWS, Neil Liberal Democrats 248 -17.5%
MONK, David Drury The Conservative Party Candidate 1346 -26.0%
WHYBROW, Martin Edward Green Party 1659


12.20pm ANGLESEY

2nd result PC x3 Canolbarth Môn Ward

Nicola Roberts Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 1595 20% Elected
Bob Parry Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 1399 17% Elected
Dylan Rees Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 1387 17% Elected
John Arthur Jones Annibynnol / Independent 915 11% Not elected
Bryan Owen Annibynnol / Independent 907 11% Not elected
Margaret Thomas Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru 881 11% Not elected
Jana Gill UK Independence Party / Plaid Annibyniaeth y DU 688 9% Not elected
Terence Anthony Hodges Welsh Conservative Party Candidate/Ymgeisydd Plaid Geidwadol Cymru 280 3% Not elected


12.17am LABOUR GAIN DERBYSHIRE

12.06 STAFFORDSHIRE SO FAR

Election results by party

Party name	Seats won	% of votes
Conservative	15	37%
Labour	9	26%
Labour and Co-operative Party	3	5%
Independent	1	5%
UK Independence Party	0	23%
Liberal Democrats	0	3%
Green	0	1%
	0	< 1%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	0	< 1%
British National Party	0	< 1%
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party	0	< 1%
Independent Libertarian Network	0	0%
Moorlands Democratic Alliance	0	0%
Staffordshire Independent Group	0	0%
Turnout:		n/a

11.53am WARWICKSHIRE
With 11 seats left to declare NOC seems certain

Con: 22
Lab: 20
LD: 5
Grn: 2
Ind: 2

The remaining seats are mostly in Rugby

11.50am DERBYSHIRE

• 11:47am - Duffield and Belper South Stuart John Bradford - Conservative
• 11:46am - Breaston Robert Alan Parkinson - Conservative
• 11:42am - Derwent Valley Michael Vernon Longden - Conservative
• 11:39am - Ripley East and Codnor Steve Freeborn - Labour
• 11:38am - Sawley Daniel Walton - Conservative
• 11:38am - Wirksworth Irene Ratcliffe - Labour

• 11:37am - Dronfield West and Walton Stuart Ellis - Conservative
• 11:36am - Linton Kath Lauro - Labour
• 11:35am - Swadlincote Central Paul Dunn - Labour
• 11:34am - Shirebrook and Pleasley Marian Stockdale - Labour
• 11:33am - Dronfield East Janet Hill - Labour and Co-operative
• 11:33am - Bolsover South Joan Elizabeth Dixon - Labour and Co-operative

11.33am DERBYSHIRE

• 11:33am - Breadsall and West Hallam Carol Ann Hart - Conservative
• 11:31am - Aston Robert Davison - Labour
• 11:31am - Swadlincote South Trevor Southerd - Labour
• 11:30am - Ilkeston West Michelle Wendy Booth - Labour
• 11:30am - Swadlincote North Sean Andrew Bambrick - Labour
• 11:28am - Hilton Julie Elizabeth Patten - Conservative

• 11:28am - Etwall and Repton Martyn Ford - Conservative
• 11:27am - Melbourne Linda Mary Chilton - Conservative
• 11:27am - Alport and Derwent Martin Tomlinson - Conservative
• 11:25am - New Mills Beth Atkins - Liberal Democrat
• 11:24am - Greater Heanor Paul Jones - Labour
• 11:23am - Ilkeston South John Arnold Frudd - Labour

11.32am CUMBRIA

11:31	Longtown (Carlisle)	Tarbitt, Val CON 556 Parker, Susan UKIP 337 Dodds, Robert LAB 248 Richardson, Marjorie Jannette LD 39
11:30	Wetheral (Carlisle)	Marriner, Nick CON 668 Round, Geoff UKIP 442 Burns, Rob LAB 345 Wood, David John LD 171 Brewis, Dallas Jane GREEN 72
11:29	Castle (Carlisle)	Whalen, Willie LAB 460 Luckley, Olwyn Doreen LD 262 Jennings, Lawrence Mark UKIP 227 Reynolds, Kevin CON 120 Hunt, Richard Sebastian GREEN 45 Long, Jody TUSC 20
11:28	Houghton and Irthington (Carlisle)	Mallinson, John CON 792 Weaver, Carol UKIP 423 Champney, Gerard Elliot LAB 289
11:27	Stanwix Urban (Carlisle)	Mallinson, Elizabeth Anne CON 779 Parker, Kevin LAB 580 Chapman, Paul Martin UKIP 335 Davison, Helen GREEN 138 Nash, Philip Antony LD 76
11:26	Yewdale (Carlisle)	Furneaux, Beth LAB 837 Stanyer, John Brian UKIP 465 Prest, Judy CON 444
11:25	Harraby North (Carlisle)	Weber, Cyril Frederick LAB 748 Haughan, Eddie UKIP 242 Randall, Michael CON 138 Graham, Hazel Jane GREEN 31
11:24	Brampton (Carlisle)	Fisher, Lawrence Neil CON 619 Bartlett, Graham LAB 311 Forster, Chris UKIP 289 Jones, Terry LD 81
11:24	Belah (Carlisle)	Toole, Alan CON 837 Douglass, Phil UKIP 494 Cartwright, Corinna LAB 480
11:23	Corby and Hayton (Carlisle)	Graham, William James IND 1083 Parsons, Doreen Heather CON 390
11:22	Old Barrow (Barrow-in-Furness)	Murphy, John David LAB 623 Morley, Anthony Komarof UKIP 270
11:22	Wigton (Allerdale)	Liddle, Roger John LAB 660 Cowell, Joseph CON 519 Warren, Brian Thomas NPS 327 Stafford, Paul BNP 77 Miles, Charles Arthur Alfred LD 75 Todd, Allan GREEN 57

11.28am

Donal Blaney ‏@Donal_Blaney 3m

UKIP win in Folkestone North East. I think Folkestone & Tonbridge are only 2 constituencies ever to have voted Tory since 1832...

11.26am KENT


7 seats declared, 77 remaining


•
Maidstone Rural East
Con Hold
Turnout: 29.7%
Elected:
WHITTLE , Jenny with 69.5% of the vote, Majority: 2225


•
Maidstone South
Lib Dem Gain from Con
Turnout: 28.2%
Elected:
CLARK , Brian Eugene with 47.2% of the vote, Majority: 678


•
Sevenoaks East
Con Hold
Turnout: 27.5%
Elected:
CHARD, Nick with 50.8% of the vote, Majority: 885


•
Swanley
Con Hold
Turnout: 22.2%
Elected:
BROOKBANK, Robert with 41.1% of the vote, Majority: 220


•
Tunbridge Wells East
UKIP Gain from Con
Turnout: 34.1%
Elected:
HOARE, Christopher Pierce David with 30.6% of the vote, Majority: 322


•
Tunbridge Wells North
Con Hold
Turnout: 28.8%
Elected:
OAKFORD, Peter John with 34.8% of the vote, Majority: 415


•
Wilmington
Con Hold
Turnout: 27.8%
Elected:
ALLEN, Ann Dorothy with 48.8% of the vote, Majority: 899

11.23 DERBYSHIRE

• 11:22am - Staveley John Graham Williams - Labour
• 11:22am - Dovedale Simon Andrew Spencer - Conservative
• 11:16am - St Marys Jean Mary Innes - Labour and Co-operative
• 11:14am - Loundsley Green and Newbold Stuart Brittain - Labour
• 11:12am - Sandiacre Wayne Major - Conservativ

11.21am UKIP TOUTED TO BE MAIN OPPOSITION IN NORFOLK, LABOUR FAILING TO MAKE INROADS IN NORFOLK.

 11.21am CUMBRIA

Time	Division (District)	Candidate Party Count
11:20	Kendal Castle (South Lakeland)	Feeney-Johnson, Clare LD 1333 Gardiner, Andrew Paul CON 322 Rothwell, Robert Anthony LAB 173
11:19	Lower Kentdale (South Lakeland)	Bingham, Roger Kenneth CON 1390 Brown, Victor Ronald LD 654 Goddard, Alan Lester UKIP 156 Bateson, John Anthony LAB 131
11:17	Hawcoat (Barrow-in-Furness)	Roberts, David CON 727 Melling, Rebecca Jane LAB 312 Bowron, Geoff UKIP 309
11:17	Newbarns and Parkside (Barrow-in-Furness)	Murphy, Jane Amelia LAB 565 Macur, Tina CON 300 Rudd, Colin John UKIP 276 Hammond, Lisa IND 70
11:16	Walney South (Barrow-in-Furness)	Telford, Mandy LAB 705 Marcus, David CON 242 Pollard, John Edward UKIP 201
11:15	Cartmel (South Lakeland)	Wilson, Roderick LD 1209 Harvey, Thomas CON 575
11:15	Moss Bay and Moorclose (Allerdale)	Humes, Gerald LAB 737 Stoddart, Stephen IND 717 Lishman, Neville John CON 72
11:14	Harraby South (Carlisle)	Earl, Deborah Anne LAB 568 Bowman, Marilyn Louise CON 345 Owen, Michael John UKIP 272 Gee, Michael Anthony LD 75 Brewis, Ian Duncan Livingston GREEN 21
11:13	Low Furness (South Lakeland)	Willis, Janet LD 872 Diss, Simon Michael CON 589 Cooper, Philip Gregory LAB 278
11:12	Maryport North (Allerdale)	McCarron-Holmes, Carneen LAB 676 Kemp, George Masterton IND 580 Jefferson, Clive BNP 348 Bechelli, Michael UKIP 198 Danmole-Ellis, Shai CON 105 Smith, Geoff GREEN 87
11:11	Ulverston East (South Lakeland)	Wilson, John Mark LAB 609 Hornby, Peter CON 391 Hudson, Andrew LD 116 O'Hara, Robert GREEN 109
11:10	Roosecote (Barrow-in-Furness)	Wall, Helen LAB 774 Guselli, Ray CON 571 Dufour, Jo-Anne UKIP 280
11:09	Dalton North (Barrow-in-Furness)	Doughty, Barry John LAB 603 English, Des CON 275 Martin, Clynton UKIP 239 Severn, Matthew James LD 29
11:08	Dalston and Burgh (Carlisle)	Allison, Trevor LD 704 Collier, John Richard CON 582 Dickinson, Robert UKIP 273 Stevenson, Allan LAB 231
11:07	Aspatria (Allerdale)	Lister, James Philip CON 483 Finlay, William IND 385 Coe, Denise Susan LAB 304 Barnett, Christopher BNP 51 Scott, Margrit Wendy LD 37
11:05	Denton Holme (Carlisle)	McDevitt, Hugh LAB 705 Warmingham, John Duncan UKIP 234 Eden, Barbara CON 146 Tucker, James Liam GREEN 103 Higginson, Grahame TUSC 40 Spencer, Michael Richard LD 20

11.14am DEVON FIRST GAIN FOR UKIP

JULIAN Robin	UK Independence Party	944	31.0%
BOYLE Alison Jane*	Conservative	794	26.1%
SYMONS Adam James	Independent	774	25.4%
BRENTON Anne	Labour	261	8.6%
WOOTTON Bob	Liberal Democrat	138	4.5%
JONES Colin David	Green Party	128	4.2%

Spolit	6	0.2%
Total votes cast	3,045
Electorate	9,711
Turnout	31.4%

11.12am DERBYSHIRE

• 11:10am - Birdholme Dave Allen - Labour
• 11:09am - Ripley West and Heage David Alan Williams - Labour
• 11:09am - Horsley Kevin Buttery - Conservative
• 11:07am - Whaley Bridge David William Lomax - Liberal Democrat Focus Team
• 11:06am - Heanor Central Celia Mary Cox - Labour

11.10am NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Labour take first seat declared - Kirkby

John Russell Knight Labour Party 1456 63.4% Elected
Madeliene Gibson Independent 417 18.2%
Rebecca Linda Mullaney Liberal Democrats 225 9.8%
Russell Wykes Independent 199 8.7%

No Conservative standing

11.07am ANGLESEY - HIGHEST TURNOUT OF THE DAY?

Isle of Anglesey CC ‏@angleseycouncil 51s

Overall turnout for @angleseycouncil elections 50.5% #election2013

11.06am CUMBRIA

Time	Division (District)	Candidate Party Count
11:03	Penrith West (Eden)	Fearon, Helen Jane CON 344 Tompkins, John Michael LD 313 Wright, Rosemary Ann Odendaal UKIP 151 Clark, Margaret IND 138 Wylie, Bruce Anthony LAB 104
11:01	Ulverston West (South Lakeland)	Airey, James CON 834 Clough, John Victor LAB 557 Martin, Paul Joseph UKIP 239 Loynes, Christopher GREEN 107 Nicholson, Maureen Frances LD 61
11:00	Morton (Carlisle)	Bell, John LAB 890 Butterfield, Simon UKIP 429 Bainbridge, James Robert CON 216
10:59	Botcherby (Carlisle)	Betton, Robert William IND 568 Alcroft, Ruth Elizabeth LAB 418 Nedved, Paul Nigel Hamilton CON 284 Strong, Ivan UKIP 200
10:58	Penrith North (Eden)	Carrick, Hilary Frances CON 627 Silson, Shaun Michael LD 531 Sandilands, Gordon UKIP 244 Rockliffe-King, Geoffrey LAB 161

 11.02am DERBYSHIRE LATEST

• 10:58am - Buxton West Tony Arthur Kemp - Conservative
• 10:53am - Clay Cross South Kevin Gillott - Labour
• 10:51am - Clay Cross North Brian Wright - Labour
• 10:50am - Bolsover North Duncan McGregor - Labour
• 10:49am - Barlborough and Clowne Anne Western - Labour
• 10:48am - Chapel and Hope Valley Jocelyn Sarah Street - Conservative

• 10:43am - Buxton North and East Caitlin Janette Bisknell - Labour
• 10:23am - Etherow Dave Wilcox - Labour

11am 5 UKIP GAINS REPORTED FROM NORFOLK

10.59am CUMBRIA - HOPEFULLY THE END OF THE BNP AS THEY GET ONLY 20 VOTES

Time	Division (District)	Candidate Party Count
10:57	Ormsgill (Barrow-in-Furness)	McEwan, William LAB 565 Hamezeian, Jim PP 256 Millard, Kay Angela UKIP 163 McClure, Wendy Ada CON 151
10:55	Currock (Carlisle)	Watson, Reg LAB 551 Stanyer, Janet Elizabeth UKIP 188 Evans, Terri CON 154 Boothman, Neil GREEN 94 Walsh, Elizabeth TUSC 33 Matthys, Angus Jim BNP 20
10:54	Penrith East (Eden)	Bell, Patricia Anne LD 753 Jackson, Scott Michael CON 241 Sencier, Daniel UKIP 190 Ayers, Jamie LAB 152

10.55am BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

buckscc ‏@buckscc 19s

FIRST RESULT IN: AYLESBURY North West: Andy Huxley UKIP elected, Lib Dem 2nd, Labour 3rd. #localelections

10.53am CUMBRIA

Time	Division (District)	Candidate Party Count
10:52	Hindpool (Barrow-in-Furness)	Burns, Anne LAB 677 Walker, Thomas Noel UKIP 176 Richardson, Jack CON 137
10:48	Risedale (Barrow-in-Furness)	Hamilton, Kevin LAB 594 Matthews, Noel UKIP 262 McClure, Rory CON 100
10:46	Upperby (Carlisle)	Young, Stewart Farries LAB 870 Fisher, Charlotte Ann CON 226 Osler, James Ernest LD 130 Kennedy, Brent TUSC 84 Bromley, Elaine Judith GREEN 60
10:44	Belle Vue (Carlisle)	Stockdale, Ian LAB 760 Ridley, Oliver Cartner CON 393
10:44	Dalton South (Barrow-in-Furness)	Wilson, Ernie LAB 534 Bleasdale, Bill CON 279 Shepherd, Andy UKIP 236 Bell, Timothy John NPS 63

10.51 NORFOLK

UKIP gain Marshland North
Lab gain King's Lynn North & Central

UKIP gain Breydon: UKIP 903 Lab 822 Con 750

The former Lab MP for Yarmouth defeated by UKIP by 20 votes

10.47am LABOUR ARE DOWN 7% ON 2005 RESULT IN ESSEX AND 15% DOWN ON 1997

10.42am FIRST RESULTS FROM EAST SUSSEX

Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 28s

First seat East Sussex declared this morning has gone to UKIP - Pevensey & Westham.

10.40 FIRST RESULTS FROM CUMBRIA

Time	Division (District)	Candidate Party Count
10:40	St Michael's (Allerdale)	Barry, Alan Lawrence LAB 701 Jenkinson, Mark Ian UKIP 543 Lamb, Arthur William Creighton CON 89 Roy, Jane Christine GREEN 34
10:38	Walney North (Barrow-in-Furness)	Worth, Melvyn Henry LAB 791 Thompson, Raymond George UKIP 313
10:34	Thursby (Allerdale)	Fairbairn, Duncan Stewart CON 966 Wright, Eric LAB 250 Standen, Dianne GREEN 100 Snowden, Eleanor Mary LD 83

 10.37am FIRST RESULT FROM DERBYSHIRE
LABOUR HOLD Etherow

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alan Debes	Liberal Democrat	123
Peter James Kay	Conservative	610
Dave Wilcox	Labour	1393

10.32am BRISTOL

Labour fail in Avonmouth. Con hold by 9% even with UKIP at 24%-

other news

Warwickshire another gain for greens

10.29am FIGURES FROM WEDDINGTON TORY LEADER LOST HIS SEAT TO GREENS IN WARWICKSHIRE


Greens have won Weddington

Grn: 1032
Con: 748
Lab: 364
UKIP: 264
TUSC: 8

Even with UKIP vote he would not have won.

NEWS FROM HERTFORDSHIRE

C hold in Chorleywood, Oxhey Park, Rickmansworth (was worried about that one)
L gain South Oxhey
LD hold Abbots Langley and Croxley Green.

10.25am More bad news for LABOUR as they want to find momentum

Guido Fawkes ‏@GuidoFawkes 1m

BREAKING: EU's Eurostat forecasting UK GDP growth of 0.6% for 2013 and 1.4% for 2014. If you listen carefully you can hear Ed Balls crying.

10.00am 
Result: Witney TC - East Ward

BEADLE - Liberal Democrat 94
FULLAH - Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate 606
GRIFFIN - Green Party 267
HOLLIDAY - The Conservative Party Candidate 744 Elected

PARISH COUNCIL RESULT

 9.58am
Chris Mason ‏@ChrisMasonBBC 1m

Conservative leader of Warwickshire County Council has lost his seat of Weddington to the Green Party

9.30am FIRST RESULT OF THE MORNING FROM BRISTOL

Bristol City Council ‏@BristolCouncil 1m

First result in now - Clifton East - Simon Cook (Lib Dem) re-elected with majority of 17 over Conservative challenger #bccvote

9.17am UKIP LEADER NIGEL FARAGE DUE ON BBC

9.13am It seems that the Tories have of course lost seats as they were defending from a point when they were at their highest ever point in 2009 and Ed Miliband is fighting seats against result when Gordon Brown was leading a dying and unpopular government. Ed is also fighting against a very unpopular government due to austerity yet is only 6% better than 2009. UKIP make a 20% gain so it seems that it is not just the TORYs who have lost the votes but LABOUR have not gained back the votes they lost in 2009 they have gone to UKIP.

8.48am
 Lets not forget that Ed Miliband is working against 2009 figures when labour got 20% at an all time low under Gordon Brown. Ed Miliband at the moment is only 6% better than Gordon Brown

8.41am A lot of the analysis of the polling before the election thought that UKIP was being overhyped. Now we can see it was underestimated. UKIP 25% in Lincolnshire & Hampshire 27% in Essex. 2nd in power pushing labour & Libdems to 3rd & 4th

8.36am UKIP MAKE UP THE HEADLINES ON THE NEWS CHANNELS THIS MORNING
UKIP ‏@UKIP 12s

Where we stood in 2009 and 2013, vote has increased by 14.6% on average.

8.06am

UKIP polled 24.4% in Lincolnshire but they didn't contest 16 of the 77 divisions.

They actually polled 30.7% in the seats they were contesting: 39,380 votes out of 128,329.

8.03am

Runnymede - Conservatives hold all six seats. Lab were hoping to take back Chertsey, having lost it in 2009.

Addlestone: Cons 1146, UKIP 922, Lab 589, LD 182, Raving Loony 52
Chertsey: Cons 1284, UKIP 962, 819
Egham: Cons 730, UKIP 481, Lab 341, LD 169
Englefield Green: Cons 950, UKIP 541, Lab 349, Green 224, LD 159
Foxhills, Thorpe & Virginia Water: Cons 1540, UKIP 832, Lab 362,LD 174
Woodham & New Haw: Cons 1301, UKIP 850, Lab 357, LD 242

8.02am 

Tandridge - Conservatives hold 4 seats (inc the Leader of the Council's seat), LDs hold 1 seat and UKIP gain 1 from Cons

Caterham Hill: LD 1625, Cons 1008, UKIP 688, Lab 196
Caterham Valley: Cons 1090, LD 694, UKIP 567, Lab 209, Green 129
Godstone: UKIP 1214, Cons 1171, LD 359, Lab 257, English Democrats 39
Lingfield: Cons 1488, no description 1171, UKIP 952, Lab 257
Oxted: Cons 1894, UKIP 1245, Lab 478, LD 381, Green 246
Warlingham: Cons 1444, UKIP 1075, LD 743, Lab 146

7.46am 7 councils with results

 DORSET CON HOLD
  ESSEX CON HOLD
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CON LOSE TO NOC
HAMPSHIRE CON HOLD
HERTFORDSHIRE CON HOLD
LINCOLNSHIRE CON LOSE TO NOC  
  SOMERSET CON HOLD
 
7.03am So far UKIP have made 42 gains and LABOUR 30 Conservatives lost control of 2 councils. and we have another 28 council results to come.