ELECTION 2018

ALL 150 COUNCILS HAVE NOW BEEN DECLARED ..

LABOUR CONTROL 74, CONSERVATIVES 46, LIB DEMS 9 – INCLUDING RICHMOND AND KINGSTON UPON THAMES FROM CONSERVATIVES ..

(BEFORE ELECTION 2018 .. LABOUR HELD 74, CONSERVATIVES 48, LIB DEMS 5 ..)

TOTAL COUNCIL SEATS ..

LABOUR 2,350 (UP 77)

CONSERVATIVES 1,332 (DOWN 33)

LIB DEMS 536 (UP 75)

THIS WAS LABOUR’S BEST SHOWING SINCE 1971 ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN’T TAKE CONTROL OF COUNCILS THEY HAD TARGETED

BELOW LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS WAS THE LAST COUNCIL TO DECLARE ..