Tom Holmes

The Conservative Party secured a missed out on winning a majority on Enfield Council by just one seat in Friday's local elections.

Labour conceded two wards within Keir Starmer's constituency to an independent pro-Palestine party and a 27-year-old Green Party candidate who only joined politics last year, despite holding Camden.

It was a somewhat disappointing end to what had been a strong showing for the Greens, as they narrowly missed out on gaining majority control – by just a single seat.

After a nail-biting tit-for-tat count between the two parties and almost 12 hours of counting, Barnet Council entered into no overall control despite looking like it would be a Conservative steal.

Labour retained overall control in Barking and Dagenham with a reduced majority as Reform and the Greens made notable gains.

After more than a day of recounts, with a council that wasn't declared until gone 3pm on Saturday Labour have lost control of Lambeth Council, while the Greens failed to gain their expected majority.

Croydon Council will be governed by no single party as the borough today failed to deliver a decisive result, though Conservative Jason Perry was re-elected as mayor yesterday.

Labour lashed out as Lutfur Rahman's Aspire Party followed up his re-election with a romping victory in Tower Hamlets' local council elections.

Vice president Vance should be careful when talking about subjects like theology about which he apparently knows very little.

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