Local Elections 2012
Voters across the region are at the polls on Thursday 3rd May to elect 45 councillors on 3 local councils.
Voters across the region are at the polls on Thursday 3rd May to elect 45 councillors on 3 local councils.
Following Labour's success in Plymouth, where they gained 6 seats to take control of the council, outgoing Plymouth Conservative Council leader Vivien Pengelly says the Cameron government is to blame for Labour gaining control and will be making her feelings known to the PM.
The make-up of the council is now: Labour 31, Conservatives 26.
Labour gain 6 seats in the local elections in Plymouth to take wrestle control from the Conservatives
The council remains under "no overall control" following the local elections, despite gains for Labour and losses for the Conservatives
There was only one side cheering in Exeter at the local elections after Labour won ten of the fourteen wards available.