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The Tories lost more than four times as many English council seats as Labour - despite the intense focus all week on Jeremy Corbyn's party.

Conservatives lost heavy ground in all six councils whose votes were only counted over the weekend.

After the final result rolled in last night Labour was down 11 seats and the Tories were down 49.

Late victories for Labour on the other hand saw the party gain control of Bristol City Council - while the Tories lost Elmbridge in Surrey to No Overall Control.

And the Tories lost a further 10 seats in by-elections which did not feature in the overall count.

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David Cameron's party did the worst in Tory heartlands Winchester and Elmbridge, where boundary changes reduced the total number of seats up for grabs.

Yet these administrative shake-ups couldn't explain all the losses away.

In Elmbridge, Surrey, the Tories lost 11 of the 12 removed seats after a strong challenge by local residents' groups - which prompted them to lose overall control of the council.

And in Winchester, Hampshire, the Lib Dems lost only 2 seats (down to 20) while the Tories lost 8 (down to 25).

Tory councillors also did worse than any other party in Epping Forest, Amber Valley and Reigate.

The results are further evidence that Jeremy Corbyn 's left-wing policies did not prompt the mass exodus of southern voters many predicted.

The party faced oblivion in the Scottish Parliament as it lost 13 seats and was relegated to third place behind the Tories.

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But in England, where analysts claimed more than 100 Labour seats would be lost, the party fared better than expected.

It held up its councillor count in southern swing areas including Harlow, Crawley and Southampton.

Labour also won the Bristol mayoral election by a landslide on Saturday after coming from behind to oust independent George Ferguson.

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New Labour mayor Marvin Rees boosted the party's vote share by more than 11% to win 40% in the first round.

The final total will come as a boost to Jeremy Corbyn , who faced attacks by MPs who said Labour should have been gaining hundreds of seats - just as previous opposition leaders did in their first year.

New London mayor Sadiq Khanjoined the criticism today, writing in the Observer: "Labour has to be a big tent that appeals to everyone - not just its own activists.

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"Campaigns that deliberately turn their back on particular groups are doomed to fail.

"It should never be about ‘picking sides’, a ‘them or us’ attitude."

Labour's local election slogan was 'Elections are about taking sides. Labour is on yours'.

Mr Corbyn told supporters on Friday: "We hung on and we grew support in a lot of places because our party is standing up.

"Standing up for the steel industry. Standing up against the cuts in disability payments made by this government. Standing up against the grotesque levels of inequality in Britain."

Those final results in full

Bristol - Labour GAIN from No Overall Control

(Boundary changes)

Lab up 7, Green down 3, C down 2, LD down 1, UKIP down 1

New council: Lab 37, C 14, Green 11, LD 8

Elmbridge - Conservatives LOSE to No Overall Control

(Boundary changes)

C down 11, Ind down 1

New council: C 22, Residents' groups 19, LD 7

Winchester - Conservative HOLD

(Boundary changes)

C down 8, Lab down 2, LD down 2

New council: C 25, LD 20

Amber Valley - Conservative HOLD

Lab 11, C 4

Lab gain 1, C lose 1

New council: C 23, Lab 22

Epping Forest - Conservative HOLD

C 12, Residents' groups 8, LD 1, Green 1

Green gain 1, Residents gain 1, C lose 2

New council: C 36, Residents 13, LD 3, UKIP 2, Ind 2, Green 2

Reigate & Banstead - Conservative HOLD

C 12, Residents' groups 2, LD 1, Green 1, Ind 1

LD gain 1, Green gain 1, Ind gain 1, C lose 2, Residents lose 1

New council: C 38, Residents 6, Green 3, LD 2, Ind 1, UKIP 1

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Bristol mayor - Labour GAIN from Independent

FIRST ROUND

Marvin Rees (Lab) 56,729 (40.43%, +11.38%)

*George Ferguson (Bristol 1st) 32,375 (23.07%, -12.06%)

Charles Lucas (C) 19,617 (13.98%, +4.85%)

Tony Dyer (Green) 10,000 (7.13%, +1.24%)

Kay Barnard (LD) 8,078 (5.76%, -1.20%)

Paul Turner (UKIP) 7,115 (5.07%)

Tom Baldwin (TUSC) 1,876 (1.34%, +1.34%)

Stoney Garnett (Ind) 1,384 (0.99%, -0.60%)

Christine Townsend (Ind) 1,010 (0.72%)

Tony Britt (Ind) 877 (0.63%)

Paul Saville (Ind) 545 (0.39%)

John Langley (Ind) 367 (0.26%)

Festus Kudehinbu (Ind) 341 (0.24%)

SECOND ROUND