The Green Party will end up with more councillors in Thursday's local elections than UKIP, claims its leader. (bbc.com)
Overall both parties came out of the 2016 election with more councillors in the region. (itv.com)
In terms of council seats held, at the point when 118 of the 124 councils had declared, the Tories had lost more councillors (35) than Labour (24), the latter being well below the 100 or 200 losses commentators had previously suggested. (socialistaction.net)