Time. They have lost around half the Council Seats they were defending, similar to how they performed in 1995. Two years later, they were crushed at the General Election. Labour, the green party, lib dems, they made gains. Blackpool south huge swing from the conservatives. The story of the night, here is damian grammaticas. The story of the night, here is damian grammaticas. Labour party, 10,825. Cheering and applause Blackpool South a little before 5am and a decisive labour victory. They were confident of emerging winners at the by election, but this was emphatic. At the byelection, but this was em hatic. ,. , at the byelection, but this was emhatic. ,. , at the byelection, but this was emphatic at the byelection, but this was emhatic. ,. ,. , emphatic. They have said to rishi sunak and the emphatic. They have said to rishi sunak and the conservatives, emphatic. They have said to rishi| sunak and the conservatives, they have had sunak and the conservatives, they have had enough. They have had enough have had enough. They have had enough of have had enough. They have had enough of 14 years of the conservatives in power, they have lost Trust Conservatives in power, they have lost trust of the british people and blackpool has had enough of this failed blackpool has had enough of this failed government. The conservatives who had held failed government. The conservatives who had held the failed government. The conservatives who had held the seat failed government. The conservatives who had held the seat were failed government. The conservatives who had held the seat were beaten i who had held the seat were beaten into second place but the shock will be reform very nearly pushed them into third. ,. , � into third. They did not get brexit done preperly. Into third. They did not get brexit done properly, they into third. They did not get brexit done properly, they did into third. They did not get brexit done properly, they did not into third. They did not get brexit done properly, they did not cut i done properly, they did not cut immigration. People are tired of Tory Incompetence and lies, we are done with it, time for change, time for reform. The done with it, time for change, time for reform for reform. The First Council of the niuht to for reform. The First Council of the night to change for reform. The First Council of the night to change control, for reform. The First Council of the l night to change control, hartlepool. 649. But with the conservatives lost six councillors, labour in charge again. Six councillors, labour in charge aaain. ,. Six councillors, labour in charge aaain. , again. The win is symbolic for them, clawin again. The win is symbolic for them, clawing back again. The win is symbolic for them, clawing back lost again. The win is symbolic for them, clawing back lost ground. Again. The win is symbolic for them, clawing back lost ground. Today again. The win is symbolic for them, clawing back lost ground. Today the | clawing back lost ground. Today the labour party. Clawing back lost ground. Today the labour party, 806. Labour party, 806. Cheering and applause in rushmore in hampshire, labour have taken control directly from the conservatives. Boundary changes help here but it has also been gaining wards from tories. Mounting losses and 30 macro and welcome sight for the Conservative Minister at the count mounting losses and unwelcome site. More labour cheer. Conservatives lost control of the council here. Grimsby is exactly the sort of place labour will hope to win back at the General Election. Sadly in local elections, they tend to mirror the polls at National Level and clearly it is a statement of the obvious, we are far behind in the polls nationally and people have follow through at the local level. There are Warning Signs for labour. In oldham, labour lost control of the council, in areas of substantial numbers of muslim voters, it has no support. The green party have picked up support. The green party have picked up votes often at the expense of labour. ,. ,. , ,. , labour. Voters are really sick of this conservative labour. Voters are really sick of this Conservative Government. Labour. Voters are really sick of l this Conservative Government and labour. Voters are really sick of this Conservative Government and the way they this Conservative Government and the way they have run this country into the ground, way they have run this country into the ground, but they are not really feeling the ground, but they are not really feeling inspired by what keir starmer feeling inspired by what keir starmer is offering. In stockport where they starmer is offering. In stockport where they processed starmer is offering. In stockport where they processed the starmer is offering. In stockport where they processed the votes | starmer is offering. In stockport l where they processed the votes in the car park, liberal democrats won a couple of wards from labour. The battlegrounds they care about most are yet to start telling. We battlegrounds they care about most are yet to start telling. Are yet to start telling. We are exoecting are yet to start telling. We are exoecting to are yet to start telling. We are expecting to see are yet to start telling. We are expecting to see good are yet to start telling. We are l expecting to see good progress, are yet to start telling. We are expecting to see good progress, but specifically expecting to see good progress, but specifically in expecting to see good progress, but specifically in the expecting to see good progress, but specifically in the areas expecting to see good progress, but specifically in the areas where expecting to see good progress, but specifically in the areas where we i specifically in the areas where we hope specifically in the areas where we hope to specifically in the areas where we hope to win specifically in the areas where we hope to win parliamentary specifically in the areas where we hope to win parliamentary seats. | specifically in the areas where wei hope to win parliamentary seats. I hope to win parliamentary seats. Hereby declare caroline is duly elected. ,. ,. , elected. The picture emerges of Labour Chalking elected. The picture emerges of Labour Chalking up elected. The picture emerges of Labour Chalking up gains, Labour Chalking up gains, conservatives slipping back, smaller parties winning support from both of them. Lets get some analysis on the results that have come through overnight. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the newsroom. It is interesting to go over The Big Picture results so far, but tend to look in more detail about some of the trends we have seen in different parts of the country. Starting off with The Big Picture this morning at nine oclock. It looks like this. It has been a decent night for labour, really bad for the conservatives, looking like it could be really, really bad, down 122 seats so far. Modest gains for the lib dems. Interesting, up 39 independence, i will come back and explain why that is. This is what it means at nine oclock in terms of councils, you can see labour up three, the conservatives down three. This is the thing that will be looked up closely in party hq, the change in vote share from 2021. It is looking really bad for the conservatives, worrying tories trying to figure out what it means for the General Election. Pretty good for labour, up 5 . Some questions about whether it could have been a bit more, but the message from labour, they think the 5 increase is in areas where they needed to win a General Election. Looking more at what some of the specific results might tell us. This is the overnight result. Actually, let me give you a broader view of interesting ones. Some of the places where labour won, redditch taken from the conservatives, rushmore taken from the conservatives, hartlepool and thurrock, they were hung councils, no overall control, no labour. If you are a tory waking up no labour. If you are a tory waking up this morning, is there any light at the end of the tunnel . Maybe a bit in places like harlow. In harlow, labour might have done well and taken that on a really good night. And another one in the lib dem sites on a good night. Alden is interesting, labour loss control, i would explain why oldham. More detail in redditch. If you look down the bottom here, redditch has been conservative for years, it is a bellwether seat, one of those places were it gives us a good sense of where the country is headed. It looks really good for labour based on what we saw yesterday. Gone from conservative controlled to labour, pretty comfortably, 14 seats needed for a majority, they got 21, quite significant. I also want to show you hartlepool, cast your mind back three years, probably the lowest point in keir starmer� s leadership, labour lost the hartlepool by election. You can see the council has been hung for years, it is not now, labourwon has been hung for years, it is not now, labour won comfortably, 24 seats, 19 needed for control. Pretty happy about that. The picture has changed. Labour upsets, conservatives down two, independents lost a couple. Looking good for labour, bad for the conservatives, but not perfect for labour. Oldham in greater manchester, really interesting if we are trying to figure out potential achilles heel is for labour. Onto the next page to show you, independent at seven, labour down five, that is why they lost control, and five of the independents was standing on a platform about the war in gaza, saying labour have the wrong policy, angry at the position they have taken. That appears to be one of the key reasons labour have lost control in oldham. The party says there are local factors, in oldham. The party says there are localfactors, losing in oldham. The party says there are local factors, losing seats there for a while. If anything is going to worry keir starmer this morning, it will be that. Worry keir starmer this morning, it will be that will be that. Fascinating. While we have not will be that. Fascinating. While we have got you. 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Look at the difference between the tories and reform, tiny, that will worry the conservatives. Reform doing so well but secondly the Tories Onlyjust doing so well but secondly the tories only just scraped doing so well but secondly the Tories Onlyjust scraped into second place. Here is how the voting stacks up, and here is the change, look at that. The conservative vote is down nearly a third. Labour vote up significantly. Reform vote is significantly. Reform vote is significant too. Reform is the successor to the brexit party and they are planning on challenging the conservatives around england. Places like blackpool, that will worry the tories. But i think the next thing you will see is the most striking graphic of the day so far. A big swing, huge swing, 26 from the conservatives to labour, the third biggest swing from the tories to labour since the second world war. The other two have come recently as well. There is a pattern, big swings in by elections, conservatives to labour, it isjust in by elections, conservatives to labour, it is just a by election, you would not get the exact same result we dont think necessarily at a General Election, but if you are a Conservative Mp standing in the General Election, looking at that this morning, you will be worried. Brilliant stuff, thank you so much for that. We are going to seamlessly now go to blackpool. Lets speak to our politcal correspondent, helen catt, whojoins us live from blackpool. Tell us where you are and what you are there. I tell us where you are and what you are there. , �. ,. ~ ,. ,. , tell us where you are and what you are there. , �. ,. ~ , a are there. I am at Blackpool Cricket Club this morning are there. I am at Blackpool Cricket Club this morning and are there. I am at Blackpool Cricket Club this morning and i are there. I am at Blackpool Cricket Club this morning and i am are there. I am at Blackpool Cricket Club this morning and i am here club this morning and i am here because not so long ago so was keir starmer and the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner and of course the brand new labour for south, chris webb. They have been here greeting activists and thinking on this morning and doing a rally to mark this moment because sir keir starmer has called this win in Blackpool South seismic. The size of the swing, 26 swing from the conservatives to labour. For more than labour says it would need to win a majority at a General Election. They are very keen to mark this moment. Sir keir starmer had a particular message he wanted rishi sunak to take from this. We want that General Election, and we are confident going into the General Election, because what this by election shows is that the country wants change. This is a very clear divide now. Weve had 14 years of failure and decline, weve just got chaos and division from the tories. People want to turn the page on that and go forward with labour and our positive plan for the country. Celebrating this morning for labour, not so much for the conservatives who have a lot to chew over from the results in Blackpool South, not only losing votes in such large numbers to labour but they also seem to have lost a sizeable chunk to reform. At one point in the evening there was a thought reform could have picked them to second place, they didnt, them to second place, they didnt, the conservatives managed to stave off what would have been a Nightmare Scenario for them in that case. But only by the case of about 100 votes. There will be a lot of chewing over for the conservatives to do. The vote has collapsed here, down 30 percentage points, they will have to look at what happened here last night. For labour, conservative spokesperson had suggested this was always going to be difficult for them, given the circumstances surrounding why the by election came about in the first place, relating to the previous mp scott benton. But i think labour this morning, you can see their celebration, jubilation, what they see as a really important result. ,. ,. , what they see as a really important result. � ,. ,. , what they see as a really important result. ,. ,. , result. Just on how we can i suppose draw a wider result. Just on how we can i suppose draw a wider lesson result. Just on how we can i suppose draw a wider lesson from result. Just on how we can i suppose draw a wider lesson from this, result. Just on how we can i suppose draw a wider lesson from this, what | draw a wider lesson from this, what are the kind of factors there you think are encouraging for labour or anything potentially an unusual by election . Anything potentially an unusual layelection . Anything potentially an unusual b election . J. ,. , byelection . Byelections are always re byelection . Byelections are always pretty volatile byelection . Byelections are always pretty volatile and byelection . Byelections are always pretty volatile and turnouts byelection . Byelections are always pretty volatile and turnouts of pretty volatile and turnouts of course are lower than in General Elections, for example here the turnout was 32. 5 , at the last general, around 57 . Slight differences between by elections and General Elections. When you talk to various parties, talking to them last night, the message from labour, they want change, voters have said it is time. Whether they go to labour, reform, moving away from conservatives. Conservatives think they had a story to tell in terms of they had a story to tell in terms of the amount of money they put into the amount of money they put into the town about eight clearly has not registered on the doorsteps and i think they will need to look at why that might be. A lot to think about. Thank you for that. Let us go to westminster, ben wright is there for us. Good to see. I want to ask about details that have stood out to you in a moment. First, can you give us the broadbrush topline top story, story of the night so far . The parliamentary story of the night so far . Tte parliamentary by election story of the night s