“The launch of the Brexit Party may actually help. It gives voters an alternative outlet for their rage – if they would just wait for the Euro Elections.”
The SNP gained a seat from Labour in Edinburgh. But Labour held a seat in Lambeth, while the Lib Dems held one in Burnley.
In the only contest taking place this week, the Conservatives held a seat in Norfolk.
This isn’t even that event of journalistic legend – small earthquake, not many dead. It is a tremor that barely registers on the seismograph.
The SNP held a seat in Clackmannanshire. The Liberal Democrats held a seat in Sutton.
The Conservatives gained a seat from an independent in Thurrock. Labour lost a seat to an independent in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Labour held seats in Croydon and Durham. Labour also gained a seat from an independent in Southampton.
The Conservatives lost a seat to the Green Party in Aylesbury Vale in the only contest this week.
In the only contest taking place this week, the Conservatives held a seat in Stroud.
The Conservatives held a seat in Northamptonshire. Labour lost a seat to Plaid Cymru in Cardiff.
In the only contest taking place this week, the Conservatives held a seat in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Labour gained a seat from an independent in Buckinghamshire. But Labour lost a seat to Aspire in Tower Hamlets and another one to the Lib Dems in Bradford.
In the only contest this week, the Conservatives held a seat in Surrey.
In the first contests of the year, independent candidates held seats in East Sussex and Rother.
The Conservatives gained a seat from the Lib Dems in Charnwood. But the Lib Dems held seats in Cumbria and South Lakeland.