The Conservative Party has made major gains in local elections across Britain, fuelled by a collapse in the UKIP vote and poor results for Labour. A total of 4,851 seats were up for grabs in 88 councils - all 32 in Scotland, 22 in Wales and 34 country councils and unitary authorities in England.
The Conservatives have made gains while Labour, UKIP, the Lib Dems and the SNP have all lost ground.
Labour lost more than 380 council seats, UKIP suffered heavy losses and the Lib Dems did not made the gains they had hoped for.
The Conservatives appear to have been the main beneficiaries of a decline in support for UKIP. The party is now in charge of 11 more councils having taken Derbyshire from Labour as well as Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, the Isle of Wight and Monmouthshire - all of which were previously under no overall control.
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