Labour recieve 'brutal verdict' in elections
Guardian: "Voters delivered a brutal verdict to Labour yesterday, as the party lost control of all its remaining English county councils in Thursday's voting.
Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fell out of Labour's hands for the first time in 28 years, and Lancashire for the first time since 1989 – all to the Tories.
With 32 of the 34 local authority results declared, the Conservatives had control of 28 councils, and had won an additional 230 seats and nine more councils, including Devon and Somerset from the Liberal Democrats, and the previously hung Wiltshire and Warwickshire.
The Tories also gained overall control of a new unitary authority, Central Bedfordshire, where Labour failed to win a single seat, and grabbed the mayoralty in North Tyneside back from Labour.
Labour saw sweeping losses across the 27 shire councils and seven unitary authorities, losing a net of 268 council seats."
Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fell out of Labour's hands for the first time in 28 years, and Lancashire for the first time since 1989 – all to the Tories.
With 32 of the 34 local authority results declared, the Conservatives had control of 28 councils, and had won an additional 230 seats and nine more councils, including Devon and Somerset from the Liberal Democrats, and the previously hung Wiltshire and Warwickshire.
The Tories also gained overall control of a new unitary authority, Central Bedfordshire, where Labour failed to win a single seat, and grabbed the mayoralty in North Tyneside back from Labour.
Labour saw sweeping losses across the 27 shire councils and seven unitary authorities, losing a net of 268 council seats."
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