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All the focus is on the big mayoral races now, but we're still getting the last few remaining council results through. Turning back to Manchester where we can now bring you the latest from newly elected mayor Andy Burnham.
In Warrington, Labour has increased its majority after six new councillors were elected. He starts by saying Greater Manchester has always prided itself on "solidarity between its people" and says he will continue to reject the "politics of division and culture wars".
The Conservative vote has collapsed and its number of councillors has fallen from 11 to one. The Labour mayor goes on to thank voters who usually support other parties but lent him their support in this election, saying he will adopt a "place first, not party first, approach".
The Liberal Democrats picked up four new councillors. Burnham commits to seeing through his transport reforms in this mayoral term and calls for more powers over welfare and housing.
He says it is hard to "keep Greater Manchester moving forwards while the country is moving backwards".
I am ready to fight harder than I have ever fought for anything before, for a Greater Manchester where people can live free from the fear of debt, hunger and eviction, and where everyone is set up to benefit from the growing success of our city region today."
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