Local elections round-up
by Phil Hornby
Highlights of the evening include a dramatic gain for Labour in Southampton.
Final results for every authority in the Meridian region; 6 councils change parties, 3 gains for Labour, 1 gain for Conservatives, 2 councils go to no overall control.
Adur - Conservative - no change
Basildon - Conservative - no change
Basingstoke and Deane - Conservative - no change
Cherwell - Conservative - no change
Castle Point - Conservative - no change
Crawley - Conservative - no change
Eastleigh - Liberal Democrat - no change
Fareham - Conservative - no change
Gosport - Conservative - no change
Hart - No overall control - Conservatives lose
Hastings - Labour - no change
Havant - Conservative - no change
Maidstone - Conservative - no change
Mole Valley - No overall control - no change
Oxford - Labour - no change
Portsmouth - Liberal Democrat - no change
Purbeck - No overall control - no change
Reading - Labour - Gain from no overall control
Roachford - Conservative - no change
Rushmoor - Conservative - no change
Southampton - Labour - Conservatives lose
Southend on Sea - No overall control - Conservatives lose
Swindon - Conservative - no change
Thurrock - Labour - Gain from no overall control
Tunbridge Wells - Conservative - no change
West Oxfordshire - Conservative - no change
Winchester - Conservative - Gain from no overall control
Weymouth and Portland - No overall control - no change
Wokingham - Conservative - no change
Worthing - Still waiting