The Conservative Party and UKIP have come out of the local elections as the biggest losers after losing thousands of councillors between them, while The Lib Dems, Greens and Independents have all gained seats. 

The Conservatives suffered the biggest losses, losing 1330 seats in England. The Lib Dem’s gained the most from elections winning 704 seats across England. 

UKIP and Labour will be disappointed as they both also lost seats, UKIP losing 145 and Labour losing 84. 

The Greens and Independents also made up a large amount of ground in the elections. 

You can see a full breakdown of the table below. 

Here in Kent voters have followed the trend of shunning the two main parties and voting for independents, greens and the Lib Dems. 

Cllr Mike Baldock of The Swale Independents Alliance said that the reason why voters were choosing independents over the traditional parties was because he feels that party politics has no role to play in local elections. 

“People want to see councillors that care about their local area, who want to work together for the common good for the borough and not follow party lines.” He added.

Many Commentators and analysts have said that the governments failure to deliver Brexit is the reason why so many have turned away from voting for the Tories in the local elections, Cllr Baldock doesn’t think this the case, adding,”you’ve got a whole nations worth of local issues and local authorities and that’s what its about”.