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These local results won’t give us a beautifully clear crystal ball revealing the future - but they are real verdicts on what’s happening in villages, towns and cities and Westminster bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Things to watch - what happens in marginal areas where general elections are decided in straight Lab-Con fights? Traditionally govts shed seats, often dramatically, opposition should be scooping them up
UKIP contesting v few seats and has changed a lot since last time out, so do disillusioned Leave voters stay at home in frustration? Lib Dems might show signs of recovery
Neither Brexit Party nor Change UK arenin the mix tonight - but we are in a totally different landscape to when these seats were last contested - when the referendum was only a promise in the Tory manifesto in 2015 - another world, feels a lifetime ago
As ever all the parties v busy managing expectations - the actual results will start around midnight
