Local election results: Brexit backlash for Tories and Labour

Liberal Democrats are ‘the big winners’ as the two main parties lose seats

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The Conservatives and Labour have taken a beating in the local elections, with smaller parties and independents taking seats across the country.

Projections suggest that the Conservatives could be down by as many as 800 seats after they lost control in Peterborough, Basildon, Southend, Worcester, St Albans and Tandridge. By dawn, they had surrendered control of 13 councils with the loss of more than 250 seats.

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