1240

And two more. Three Tory seats held in Rottingdean and three Labour held in East Brighton.

1230

And another two. Labour lose one, hold one in North Portslade. Tories hold three in Patcham.

1220

Two more. Greens hold St Peter’s and Labour lose one seat (that of deputy leader Sue John) to the Tories. Party standing C7 G5 LD2 Lab1

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Three wards declared. Tories hold Woodingdean, Lib dems hold Brunswick and Greens gain both seats in Regency. Current state of the parties 2C 2G 2LD

Morning of the count

Morning. I’m at the count of the local elections here and I’ll be trying to liveblog the results as they’re announced. First one should be through at 11ish.