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Conservatives held seats in East Staffordshire and Mid Devon. Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Conservatives in South Oxfordshire.

Conservatives gained a seat from Liberal Democrats in Bristol and held a seat in Horsham. Labour held a seat in a deferred poll in Stockport. Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Conservatives in Broadland. Lincolnshire Independents gained a seat from Conservatives in North Kesteven.

Conservatives held a seat in Suffolk Coastal and Labour held three seats in Lancaster City.

Conservatives held seats in Braintree (Hatfield Peverel & Terling), Leicestershire, South Holland, Swale and two seats in St Edmundsbury (Haverhill East and Haverhill North).

Conservatives held a seat in Perthshire and Kinross. Liberal Democrats gained seats from Conservatives in Warrington and West Berkshire.

Conservatives held a seat in South Northants. Labour held a seat in St Edmundsbury. Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Conservatives in Chichester.

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, has announced details of an independent review of the processes and procedures that underpin the Ministry’s governance of the business rates system.

Conservatives held seats in Fylde and New Forest. Liberal Democrats gained a seat from SNP in Highland. The Green Party gained a seat from an Independent in Taunton Deane.

Conservatives gained seats from an Independent in Chiltern and from Thurrock Independents in Thurrock. Conservatives held a seat in Cheshire East. Labour gained a seat from Conservatives in Staffordshire Moorlands and held a seat in Bassetlaw.

Rural communities will be given more options to convert agricultural buildings into family homes to better meet local housing needs through planning rule changes, announced Housing Minister Dominic Raab.