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Salford City Council has just announced its results, meaning we now have a complete picture from the 2024 local authority elections.
A third of councillors were up for election and Labour have picked up one at the Conservatives' expense. While Labour has found reason to celebrate in the results of this year's local elections, so too have the Liberal Democrats, after they gained 104 councillors and won control of Tunbridge Wells and Dorset council.
It doesn't have any impact on who runs the council or the overall national picture, but it wraps up a bleak run of results for the Tories with another Labour gain. Sarah Olney, the Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park, tells BBC Radio 5 Live her party was delighted with the results.
We're just waiting for police and crime commissioner results in Sussex and Kent before we can officially declare the 2024 local elections over. Alluding to the party's dinosaur-themed stunt, she points to Cheltenham Borough Council - where the Lib Dems retained control - and where "the Tories are now extinct... it’s a very encouraging sign for us".
She says the picture emerging "is that people are
sick to death of this Conservative government, they’re tired of being ignored,
they’re tired of this right-wing rhetoric".
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