Local elections 2023: live council results for England

As the results come in, find out how Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and other parties fared in Thursday's polls for hundreds of English councils

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• About these elections

On 4 May, 230 English councils are holding elections with more than 8,000 seats being contested. Some are for metropolitan boroughs such as Liverpool city council and others for unitary authorities such as Herefordshire or North Somerset. Both structures are single-tier authorities with responsibility for the whole range of council services, including education, social care, rubbish collection and parks.